When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?
~ Psalm 11:3 ~
Day by Day with the Persecuted Church – a book of 365 daily readings, is available through Open Doors International. These individual stories of perseverance, examples of unwavering faith in the face of adversity, are truly inspirational.
Yesterday’s selection (July 29th) was from Ghassan Khalaf. He probably wrote it more than a decade ago but, considering the secular Left’s assault on our founding principles, it struck me as being especially relevant to present-day America. It’s a reminder of our responsibility as Christians to remain faithful in the face of adversity and to re-establish the moral foundations of a society when they’ve been eroded or destroyed.
Ghassan is the president of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Lebanon. He’s been a firsthand witness to that country’s civil war in the 70’s and 80’s, and to the continuing turmoil fueled primarily by Hezbollah, and other Muslim factions as well as the recent tensions in Syria ~
Even if they are the government.
Learning from our situation the righteous can prove that He is the foundation when moral and spiritual foundations are destroyed, The Christian is the law in the absence of law, and he is the conscience of the nation when morals deteriorate. The example of Christ is reflected in our lives in humanity’s darkest hours. Christ is the light of the world, and we should let Him shine through us.
When foundations are destroyed, the righteous should not stand still. He must rebuild what is destroyed. Our call is not just to stand by and observe the destruction. Our call is to share in building up whatever is destroyed, especially in the moral and spiritual realm. What if what we have rebuilt is destroyed again? The righteous should be determined to build it again and again and again.
While the U.S. is not (yet) embroiled in a physical civil war of guns and bombs, we’re definitely engaged in a spiritual one. It’s a war that pits relativism against the TRUTH. We must be resolved to defend what’s left.
And we must be prepared to re-build again and again and again if necessary.
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…we also glory in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope.
Now hope does not disappoint because the love of God has been
poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
~ Romans 5:3-5
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Related:
Jihad on Christians in Lebanon ~ Text of a speech from Brigitte Gabriel about her family’s experience during Lebanon’s tragic civil war, delivered at a Students Against Terror Concert and Rally at Duke University on a October 14, 2004.
