Where We Have No Truth
“Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has stumbled in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter. Truth is lacking, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. The Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.” Isaiah 59:14-15 (ESV)
I don’t know about you but I have been taking a close look at “Occupy this place or another.” If I was still that angry young man in his twenties I could really appreciate the whole anarchy of it all. It’s disruptive, it’s got anger, it’s contains quite a cast of characters and, as of recently, it has gotten violently chaotic. But as an older man the area I struggle with it is in it’s truth. It seems all so disconnected and lost.
In his book, “Human, All-Too-Human”, Friedrich Nietzsche wrote, “Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.” I wonder if he had any clue on how this statement was going to reflect on our society today. Because in our society today the narrative truth of Scripture has been replaced by the narrative of “I.” And I can pretty much tell I whatever I want to hear so long as it does not bring that conviction thingy into the mix.
And it is in the “Occupied” public squares that the truth of Christ had been once preached, exalted, established, and confirmed. But now it just seems as that narrative of truth is being trampled on by this disconnected narrative of truth of “I”. “I can’t get justice from the system so I will occupy and protest until I get what is rightfully mine.” The problem with that is society, as a whole, isn’t too sure on what it wants. It is only sure that it wants.
Amen that is not that case for the Christian man. He should want what Christ wants. It is unfortunate that society sees itself as being deprived, but that doesn’t have to be the case. If we can get Jesus back into those public squares the “Occupiers” might be able to grasp that they do not need the prevailing vices that has left them bankrupt. In my NKJV part of my Parallel Bible chapter 59 of Isaiah is titled “Corruption Separates the Nations from God.” You can’t get a much truer statement than that. Well, maybe there is this from Matthew Henry….
“Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you” (Matt 6:33 ESV). Take no thought for your life, the life of the body, for you have greater and better things to think about: the life of your soul, your eternal happiness. That is the one needful thing about which you should employ your thoughts.” Let’s pray that this truth begins to “Occupy” our nation.
GPS – God’s Positioning System: John 9:1-10:21; Psalm 106:1-23; Proverbs 24
Compass Pointers: “If we shut our eyes against the light of Divine truth, it is just with God to hide from our eyes the things that belong to our peace. The sins of those who profess themselves God's people, are worse than the sins of others. And the sins of a nation bring public judgments, when not restrained by public justice. Men may murmur under calamities, but nothing will truly profit while they reject Christ and His Gospel.” Matthew Henry Concise
Navigation Rules to Memorize: Level 1: John 14:27; Level 2: John 14:27-31
Anchored to the Rock: Prayer is a slender sinew that moves the muscle of omnipotence. J. Edwin Hartill
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