STANDING ON THE ROCK

Cole Feix, Oklahoma City pastor, wrote,

“We’ve entered a new moment in which very few people believe that politics can be done, news can be reported, or investigations can be conducted honestly and objectively. This shouldn’t be surprising. Our entertainment has been training us toward this conclusion for years. The most popular shows on Netflix aim to destabilize our trust in the government, reorient our sense of right and wrong, and undermine the belief that justice can ever be served. 
 
This is a unique opportunity for Christians. We already know that perfect justice cannot be achieved in human courts. We know that demonizing our enemies and jockeying for political power are fleeting attempts to ride the tide of history. We believe that every person has the opportunity and the obligation to do what’s right. We also believe that the Spirit of God lives in us, guides us, and will continue to change us into the image of Christ. 
 
Because we know what we believe, we don’t have to be threatened by the changing balance of power or the rising wave of uncertainty. We are as certain as ever that God is just and we are not. But because of our stability in Christ, we can act in ways that the world cannot. It’s hard to do anything when your feet are trapped in sinking sand. Our feet have been set on the rock. We have a solid foundation. We don’t have to operate out of fear and vulnerability. Our task is unchanged: make disciples of the nations, baptizing and teaching, loving and serving, trusting and hoping. It’s easy to forget the goal, but it’s all the more important to remember when the world seems like it’s spinning out of control.”

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on rock.” Jesus