Friday, April 08, 2011
The Answer to the Worlds’ Problems
What horrors have been spawned in this world by men’s pursuit of prominence! It is staggering, for instance, to realize that in the last century 262,000,000 people died at the hands of governments and dictators, throughout the world. This, of course, is just the tip of the iceberg; many other injustices and sufferings have been imposed on people throughout history. In pondering these tragedies you may have noticed that a common denominator of war, greed, domination, rape, murder, thievery, abuse, slander and many other destructive forces is the struggle for superiority.
While attempting to navigate life, more than one person has echoed the query of Rodney King, “Can’t we all just get along?” Is it possible that with one fell swoop we could exterminate all the evils cited above and get along? I think so. Just as bathing and sewer systems prevent thousands of diseases, infections and infestations, embracing one simple concept would solve a multitude of grievous problems. The concept: make God King.
When God is lifted up and respected to the extent that His rules are obeyed, then families, communities and nations prosper. When men make Him Lord, there is no need to destroy others in a personal quest for superiority. Pride and the desire to be exalted was Lucifer’s problem. That’s how we got the Devil. He disqualified himself from being a part of God’s kingdom by desiring to be equal with God. The cure is for mankind to recognize the King of Kings for who He is. One day His Kingdom will be forcibly established, but today you and I have the opportunity to voluntarily choose Him for our King and enjoy living life as God designed it to be lived.
Comments on the both the dangers of superiority and the need for God’s kingship are preserved for posterity in the Massachusetts statehouse.
• “I believe there is no one Principle, which predominates in human Nature so much…..as this Passion for Superiority…Every human Being compares itself in its own Imagination, with every other round about it, and will find some Superiority over every other…..” (John Adams)
• “For the Lord is our Defence and the holy one of Israel is our king.” (on a picture in the hall of flags)
Maybe instead of competing to dominate our fellow man we should explore the path of love and humility. There is one King and His instructions were that we should love one another… prefer one another… forgive one another. A good way to start would be to read the following scriptures out-loud:
• Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. (1 Timothy 1:17 KJV)
• …he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. (Revelation 17:14 KJV)
Our worlds’ only hope is for mankind to humbly abdicate the throne and truly make God our King. Or, we could go a step further and take the advice of Golda Meir who said, “Don't be humble; you're not that great.” If all of us would make God our King, most of the worlds’ problems would be solved.
While attempting to navigate life, more than one person has echoed the query of Rodney King, “Can’t we all just get along?” Is it possible that with one fell swoop we could exterminate all the evils cited above and get along? I think so. Just as bathing and sewer systems prevent thousands of diseases, infections and infestations, embracing one simple concept would solve a multitude of grievous problems. The concept: make God King.
When God is lifted up and respected to the extent that His rules are obeyed, then families, communities and nations prosper. When men make Him Lord, there is no need to destroy others in a personal quest for superiority. Pride and the desire to be exalted was Lucifer’s problem. That’s how we got the Devil. He disqualified himself from being a part of God’s kingdom by desiring to be equal with God. The cure is for mankind to recognize the King of Kings for who He is. One day His Kingdom will be forcibly established, but today you and I have the opportunity to voluntarily choose Him for our King and enjoy living life as God designed it to be lived.
Comments on the both the dangers of superiority and the need for God’s kingship are preserved for posterity in the Massachusetts statehouse.
• “I believe there is no one Principle, which predominates in human Nature so much…..as this Passion for Superiority…Every human Being compares itself in its own Imagination, with every other round about it, and will find some Superiority over every other…..” (John Adams)
• “For the Lord is our Defence and the holy one of Israel is our king.” (on a picture in the hall of flags)
Maybe instead of competing to dominate our fellow man we should explore the path of love and humility. There is one King and His instructions were that we should love one another… prefer one another… forgive one another. A good way to start would be to read the following scriptures out-loud:
• Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. (1 Timothy 1:17 KJV)
• …he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. (Revelation 17:14 KJV)
Our worlds’ only hope is for mankind to humbly abdicate the throne and truly make God our King. Or, we could go a step further and take the advice of Golda Meir who said, “Don't be humble; you're not that great.” If all of us would make God our King, most of the worlds’ problems would be solved.
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