INSURANCE

Living in this century, we find it rather hard.

To know about the idols in yesterday’s backyard. We’ve heard a lot of stories of Moloch and the like. But these seem unimportant, because they do not strike At the very centre, of where we are today. They happened in our history long ago and far away. The Lord spoke through the prophets and made it very clear, That all forms of idolatry must never come in near. They’re an abomination to the Holy God they knew, And if this ever happened, they knew just what to do. Tear down all the idols and destroy the pagan priests. Nothing was acceptable until this worship ceased! God may as well have spoken to the stars, the sun or moon. The people wouldn’t listen and very, very soon They would all be punished, and taken far away, Banished to a country where they would have to stay. The threat was disregarded. They didn’t think that He Would ever take such action, against Jacob’s progeny. They thought it couldn’t happen He wouldn’t turn away, And let His temple crumble and fall into decay. And now our generation is faced with much the same. By worshiping the “idols” we’ve erected through their fame. There’s rugby and there’s cricket, and their passion for football. Most don’t care a fig about God’s great and Holy call. Instead of serving Jesus; there’s film stars and there’s sex There’s cheating and corruption; what will they dream up next? The Christian church is laden with the vice-like grip of sin. Refusing to take note of all the trouble they are in. It can not last much longer. The Lord will intervene. The wicked folk identified, as those who are unclean They think they are protected by the little card they signed; It said they’d chosen Jesus but the terms were ill-defined. Repentance wasn’t mentioned and Christ was not made Lord. The outcome is a people ill-mannered, rude and bored. I’m sure you will agree with me, we’re talking about “flakes”; Or more appropriately, be classified as “rakes”! Everywhere we look, the tale is very much the same; And living as a Christian? Don’t bother it’s too tame! The Lord will soon bring judgement through great calamities. There is no other way to bring His people to their knees. So earthquakes and tsunamis and pestilence like AIDS Are sweeping through the nations in overwhelming waves. They’re almost universal; we see them every day, They call them “Acts of God” so the insurance doesn’t pay! And when you think about it, these words they use are right! “Father God Protect us, from this grim and deadly plight!” Jim Strickland – written Tuesday, 27 September 2011