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The United States Government has shut down. This news is being played in heavy rotation on television and radio and the internet. It seems scary that the government has shut down. We have come to rely on the government. The government looms large in our lives. Of the shutdown, (which isn't really a total cessation of government business, you know) some might ask, 'what does this mean?'
Here is what it means for the Christian:
"He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding;" (Daniel 2:21)
"Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God" (Romans 13:1)
We know that God is always working. HE is our government yes we are subject to ruling authorities and we do our diligence within the scope of proper Christian understanding and submission. But as far as lasting impact, or even temporary impact, God is our ruler and He governs us. If He has allowed a US government shutdown then he has allowed a government shutdown.
This is not our home.
"For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come." (Hebrews 13:14)
We are strangers and aliens here--
"Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul." (1 Peter 2:11)
The LORD puts confusion into the minds of men who reject Him and also confuses armies. Rejection of God results in futile thinking, so the shutdown to me seems evidence of such confusion and rejection. It is a natural outcome of refusing to bow to God. However all things that happen are allowed by God and are within His will.
There is a season to everything. If the season of America's ascendancy has passed, so be it. If the Lord sees fit to allow our government to become a Gordian Knot, so be it. There is a season, and it is all part of the cycle of the epochs and ages God is controlling. We look to our government in heaven, and our eternal home for direction and comfort. Not the earthly one.
"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;" (Ecc 3:1-3)
Is it the time for our government to break down? Our society? Time will tell. There is a season for everything, after all.
Here is what it means for the Christian:
"He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding;" (Daniel 2:21)
"Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God" (Romans 13:1)
We know that God is always working. HE is our government yes we are subject to ruling authorities and we do our diligence within the scope of proper Christian understanding and submission. But as far as lasting impact, or even temporary impact, God is our ruler and He governs us. If He has allowed a US government shutdown then he has allowed a government shutdown.
This is not our home.
"For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come." (Hebrews 13:14)
We are strangers and aliens here--
"Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul." (1 Peter 2:11)
The LORD puts confusion into the minds of men who reject Him and also confuses armies. Rejection of God results in futile thinking, so the shutdown to me seems evidence of such confusion and rejection. It is a natural outcome of refusing to bow to God. However all things that happen are allowed by God and are within His will.
There is a season to everything. If the season of America's ascendancy has passed, so be it. If the Lord sees fit to allow our government to become a Gordian Knot, so be it. There is a season, and it is all part of the cycle of the epochs and ages God is controlling. We look to our government in heaven, and our eternal home for direction and comfort. Not the earthly one.
"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;" (Ecc 3:1-3)
Is it the time for our government to break down? Our society? Time will tell. There is a season for everything, after all.
Comments
gosh Iam so glad that the founders did not take this road you are on. what will be will be. NO we are to resist evil and we are to be informed and alert and fight putting on the whole armor of God.
ReplyDeleteAnon, what will be WILL be. That was my point.
Delete"resist evil"? You mean, resist evil in the government? Nero was one of the most evil rulers ever and dipped Christians in tar and lit them for light during his garden parties. Christians prayed for him. They didn't march.
Paul said in Romans 13, "Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves."
What I said was, regarding government, "we do our diligence within the scope of proper Christian understanding and submission" but we always should remember that this is not our home and though we submit to our government, God is in control. If the government shuts down, it shuts down. Getting overwrought about the intricacies of politics does not become us. Keep looking to God.
Anonymous, about our founders, they were courageous, brilliant and to be honored. However, most of them were not Christian.
DeleteMany of the "founding fathers" were also freemason's and had a duel agenda.
ReplyDeleteWhat does the government shutdown mean to christians? It means that God is the one who allows and disallows, He is the one who reigns on high. He is the one who sent His own Son to die that those who will trust in His shed blood alone for the atonement for sin's. And yes even in America our sin's are many. May it be that we see ourselves as we ought.
America is being divided right before our eyes. Time is short.
Christians were well-represented among the founding fathers.
ReplyDeleteSome were. Most not. Remember, not all who claim "a Creator" claim THE Creator. Jefferson was not Christian. Many were Deists, in fact. Others were Christian in philosophy only, not in faith.
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