BE APPALLED, SHOCKED & DESOLATE

If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

Psalm 11:3

In the time when people need an anchor, it is a tragedy that the foundations of God, Jesus, and the Bible have been the focus of attack, not only between the world and Christians, but sadly between Christians themselves.  But then, it has been that way since the beginning of time.  The rival enemy of God is not stupid.  He began with, “Did God day?” and continues to ask that same question today.  His attack has left many without a firm foundation to stand on; something that is solely needed in these times of corruption and chaos.

The religious system of Jesus’ day, with its Pharisees, Scribes, High Priests, got it wrong about Jesus.  They supposedly searched the Scriptures and yet they completely missed Jesus, the One the Scriptures were about.  They knew the words but not the Word of God.  They were looking through a faulty lens; a human, flesh centered lens.  Is that not the same today, as the scholars and theologians try to find the historic Jesus, the Jesus that can be proved and whose words can be reasoned out and explained in human terms?  Try as they might; try as we might; try as I might; I must remember

          “My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,

           declares the Lord.  For as the heavens are higher than the earth,

           so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your

           thoughts” (Isaiah 55:8,9).

It is crucial that we get perspective on who God truly is.  It is important for the human race and for all of creation.  The foundations of faith are being tampered with in a destructive way.  And for those who are aware, the foundations of the earth are being tampered with in a destructive way as well.  I believe there is a correlation to the two.  Jeremiah 2:11, 12 says, “Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods?  But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.”  Then God yells to the heavens. “BE APPALLED, O heavens at this; BE SHOCKED; be utterly DESOLATE, declares the Lord.”  Creation is in tune with God; human beings are not.  Could it be that nature is responding to God’s cry by being appalled, shocked, and desolate?  Earthquakes, intense and destructive storms; is it possible that our environmental problems are nature’s reaction to the foolishness of human beings being at odds with and forsaking the very One who created them?  Paul said that nature is awaiting the judgment of God that is to come so that things can once again be as they were meant to be.

Should that not be our heart’s cry also?  Should we not also be appalled, shocked, and desolate and return to God with all our hearts, minds, and souls?