TRANSFORMING YOUR WORLD

It seems everyone is talking about the deep recession our nation and much of the world is experiencing. The concerns are justified. These are very difficult times. For so many this recession is a personal depression. All the network and cable news talent have opinions the argue to be the reason for the present crisis. Is this just the cycle of life? Is it bad business management, greed? Well certainly these are all contributing factors. But perhaps Jesus spoke to this very issue in Matthew 6:19-21 and 24. Here Jesus warns His hearers not to store-up treasures on earth which quickly depreciate, can be stolen and have no spiritual significance. Rather, "store up your treasures in Heaven..... For where your treasure is, there Will be your heart also." While America has been turning her national face away from the Lord in a number of ways and teaching her children there is no creation, America's love affair with things and immorality has seen a dramatic increase. When we operate with our own wisdom, logic and intellect we must examine the fruit of our work. The fruit of this trend has lead us into the crisis we are now facing. But when we live by the principles of God, what is the fruit? Sustained prosperity, protection and favor of God. Even when churches refuse to hear the voice of God because they refuse to operate by God's principles, they cannot produce fruit that glorifies God. When the fruit tree bears no fruit it is cut down. God does not desire to cut America and other nations down but if we listen closely we may hear Him ask, can you hear me now? The earth and the church is the Lord's which were to be governed by humans, called of God to govern by His Word. When this is rejected and those who sought to lead by His Kingdom principles are likewise rejected then no good fruit can grow. America, wake up! This is more than a Wall Street problem. Its a problem of exchanging the love and principles of God for man's foolishness peddled as wisdom. Repentance is a word many in and out of the church refuse to consider however, there is no sustainable peace unless one repents. When the nations repent and when the church truly receives her King peace and prosperity follow.