LET
GOD BE KING AS HE REALLY IS
When
I constantly hear and read of certain conditions in the world, it
seems things are out of the control of any human beings. I hear daily
of Syria where there has been war between people and government that
just won't end even after several years; and 120,000 people have died
in that conflict and about 2 million are refugees in neighboring
countries. In Haiti, about 600,000 people are still displaced 2 years
after a hurricane and dependent on outside help for survival. In
Iraq, after one dictator is removed, there is still strife with
reports of 40-60 people killed in a day, repeatedly. If our country
tries to solve Middle East and other problems, it seems hopeless. Our
government just can't decide what course of action would be helpful
in the short or long run. Trying to help may make things only worse
in the future. It seems there is no human answer to these problems.
If anything is to happen, it seems God has to intervene and resolve
matters and bring sufficiency and peace among people. Or will He just
let violent people destroy each other? No answer has been found to
resolve these issues.
When
the Virgin Mary sang at the coming of the Messiah, she said, “He has
brought down rulers from their thrones and lifted up the humble; he
has filled the hungry with good things.” I am driven to plead for
God to intervene in all this mess if anything is to change anytime
soon. I recall Joseph Stalin, the murderer of 20,000,000 people,
died suddenly as by the hand of God. I understand people around the
world were praying for God to act. Abraham asked, “Shall not the
judge of all the earth do right?” Is it too much to plead with God
to take action where only he can end the bloodshed and violence. “Be
the Lord and King of King that you really are,” we can plead.
Certainly
we pray for God's people to wake up and also act responsibly to alleviate
the hunger and desperate needs of multitudes made refugees by strife
and disasters. But God must move by his mighty arm to bring justice and
relief to multitudes in dire need for security and the daily needs
for survival. What if God's people would join together and cry out
to God to resolve conflicts while committing themselves to be
faithful in the things they could do to minister to the needs of the destitute? Consider joining us
in pleading for God
to act and bring
down strongholds of oppressive governments and bind hostilities
which only increase suffering. May He also stir
his people to do
what they can in his kingdom to let it come to all suffering
mankind. May he comfort
those in desperate need and open
their eyes to his
concern for them so they can call on him for help.
