Random-ism. I can eat snacks all day. Well... nowadays, the thought of ballooning up like the axiom inhabitants (from the movie Wall-E) creeps up and makes me not want to, but technically, I can eat snacks all day. I grocery shopped with one of my favorite people today (PAIGEEEEE!!!)... and I bought all kinds of snacky stuff. Yup, they're all sitting on the floor of my room and I'm really tempted to eat 'em all... but I just brushed my teeth and... I really, really shouldn't because it's almost my bedtime. :D
OK... moving on...
I've been thinking about what was said about the government from the Tuesday small group's Bible study. PB referred to Romans 13:1-7 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans%2013:1-7;&version=31;) and explained that God instituted the government for the good of the people. Without any governing authorities and their laws, the world will be in total chaos. The government was established to serve the people... but because we live in a broken world, we see corruption, greed, selfishness, and in some cases, a disregard to individual's rights, in certain governments.
So what do we do about that?
Ah, the apostle Paul tells us to "submit to authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience." Hmm... but don't get it wrong. Even if we are told to submit to our present government, we still bear allegiance to God. So when do we draw the line on this submission? When do we say "ok, um, Mr. President, you've crossed the line there. We stop following you now and... yeah, um..yeah." (I imagine being stutter-y when I find myself in front of a really powerful man.. hello? He has control over nuclear bombs and stuff.) A more important questions is, how do we draw the line? How do we show our allegiance to God when our government has strayed from Him? We can sign petitions, we can protest, we can pray earnestly, we can shake our heads over the sunday newspaper, we can blog about it, blah blah blah. GAHHH!!! It seems like we can never do enough. All I have is the hope of that one day when there will no longer be any presidents or prime ministers or kings or whatever... There will just be Jesus who will reign over all and I won't have to worry about these stuff anymore. When we won't have to compromise our religion anymore for the sake of being PC or risk being called intolerant or judgmental for our beliefs. I can't wait for that day... I look forward to submitting to that One Authority.
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Awesome entry Lyn ~ I agree about being faithful to God first because there are some governments & authorities that are clearly against Jesus' teachings.
... there is a lot that can be done to try to help and to try to alleviate the things that hurt other people (I believe that it inevitably hurts us as well) ... but more and more, I've been reminded to concentrate on the small things I can do ... everyday.
I can do no great things ... only small things with a very awesome God! "Small" shouldn't equate insignificant either :).
I can't wait for the Lord to redeem all things too!
Ok! Sorry ... your entry inspired me :D
Love you tons!
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