make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low;
the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain.
And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all mankind together will see it.
For the mouth of the LORD has spoken."
A voice says, "Cry out." And I said, "What shall I cry?"
"All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.
The grass withers and the flowers fall,
because the breath of the LORD blows on them.
Surely the people are grass.
The grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of our God stands forever." (Isaiah 40:3-8)
It is only natural that we like it, as it is, after all, all we know. It’s not like we have experience with other planets. This is our home.
But as beautiful as our earth is, it will one day die. The flowers die, the yards turn brown, the leaves fall off, time passes. But God’s word remains. No matter how many people have predicted its demise, it remains.
No matter how many TV shows and movies show a “better world” without God, he remains. No matter how many politicians or entertainers with their min-brains predict a world without God, he remains.
One of the stupidest songs to ever come down the pike is the song “Imagine” by John Lennon. “Imagine no religion, it’s easy if you try.” The idea that a person who is a hedonist and hates for people to tell him he is wrong in his life-choices has decided that it is easy to imagine a world without faith in God is ludicrous.
The problem comes, though, with us as Christians living in such a world, what many call a “post-Christian” society. We become a voice crying out in a desert, we come one who is trying to tell the word of God, to bring the grace of God into a world that increasingly denies it.
But he is eternal. He will remain. And it is becoming apparent that Christianity is not yet dead. More and more people are naming his name. America is going through a drought, but around the world the impact of Christianity is strong. You can tell by the number of time you read of Muslims and others killing Christians, trying to shut them up.
You can also tell by the amount of movies put out in which Christians are the bad guys, in which society is shown free from the “shackles” of Christianity. The forces of darkness are fighting. If Christianity were really dead, Hollywood and the Muslims would not even mention it.
These too will pass away, just like every government and popular person that ever lived. But the word of God will remain.
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