Today's Journal

NEW OLD WAYS

In every generation since we were swinging through trees by our tails there have been evil and cruel leaders on the earth. No continent, country, county or court is without a history of corrupt leadership and harassment and hardship placed on its own people.

Biblical history is like any other in regards to times of injustice, cruelty, war, slavery, racism, and political corruption. Just because it is so, does not it make right. It is wrongful history whoever makes it, then or now. There is never a right time to do wrong things.

How long, O Lord?
    How long will the wicked be allowed to gloat?
How long will they speak with arrogance?
    How long will these evil people boast?
They crush your people, LORD,
    hurting those you claim as your own.
They kill widows and foreigners
    and murder orphans.
“The LORD isn’t looking,” they say,
    “and besides, the God of Israel doesn’t care.”
Think again, you fools!
    When will you finally catch on?
Is he deaf—the one who made your ears?
    Is he blind—the one who formed your eyes?
He punishes the nations—won’t he also punish you?
    He knows everything—doesn’t he also know what you are doing?
The Lord knows people’s thoughts;
    he knows they are worthless!” (Psalm 94:4-11)

I suppose that is really the issue in every age: Do we think the Lord does not see what’s going on? Do we think the Lord does not hear? What seems new is often very old.

“Don't you think that God will surely give justice to his people who plead with him day and night? Yes! He will answer them quickly!” Jesus