Jesus said:”God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice for they will be satisfied.” (Matt 5:6 NLT).
Apathy is probably the sickness of our modern age. When was the last time you stood up for something you believe in? When was the last time you stood up for something you are passionate about? When was the last time you stood up for injustice? When was the last time you stood up for something against your principles? When was the last time you stood up for God’s principles? When was the last time you stood up for your wife? When was the last time you stood up for your children? When was the last time you stood up for anything?
I found the quote below on the internet and it summarises all I believe should be said about our apathy.
For years, we have been telling God to get out of our schools, get out of our government, and get out of our lives. And being the gentleman that He is, I believe that He has calmly backed out. So how can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand that He leave us alone?” In light of recent events such as terrorists attacks, school shootings, etc. I think it all started when Madeline Murray O’Hare, (she was murdered and her body was found recently) complained she did not want any prayer in our schools, and we said OK.
Then, someone said you better not read the Bible in school… the Bible that says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbour as yourself; and we said, OK. In fact, we even agreed that they could take down those 10 commandments, because they just might unduly influence and sway our impressionable little children.
Then, Dr. Benjamin Spock said we should not spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (by the way Dr. Spock’s son committed suicide); and we said, an expert should know what he’s talking about so we said OK. Then, someone said teachers and principals had better not discipline our children when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member in this school better touch a student when they misbehave because we don’t want any bad publicity, and we surely don’t want to be sued (There’s a real big difference between disciplining and touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking, etc.); and we said, OK. Then to our amazement, we find that these same students are beating up, raping, and even killing not only other students but also the teachers.
Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys and they are going to do it anyway, let us give our sons all the condoms they want, so they can have all the fun they desire, and we will not have to tell their parents they got them at school. Moreover, we said, OK, and sure enough now the average boy looks upon all girls as sluts whose only purpose is to be used for pleasure and who deserve absolutely no respect. In addition, with the boys all taken care of we then decided to allow the girls to have their birth control. And like the boys, the girls can even get theirs without their parents’ permission. Then suddenly most of the female students had their own little birth control tablets. Then someone said, let us let our daughters have abortions if they want since so many of them are still getting pregnant, and they will not even have to tell their parents. And we said, OK, and sure enough they went out, still became pregnant, and had abortions in record numbers.
Then some of our top elected officials said it does not matter what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them, we said it does not matter to me what anyone does in private, as long as I have a job and the economy is good.
Then someone said let us print magazines with pictures of nude women and call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the female body. And we said OK, art is good, but suddenly we found our big beautiful country just saturated with pornography. Then someone else took that appreciation a step further and published pictures of nude children and then went even further by making them available on the internet. And we said OK, they’re entitled to their free speech.
Then the entertainment industry said, let us make TV shows and movies that promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex, and make parents look like morons. And let’s record music that encourages rape, drug use, murder, suicide, and satanic themes. And we said it’s just entertainment, it has no adverse effect, and nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.
Now we are asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they do not know right from wrong, and why it does not bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with, “WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.”
See, what used to be taboo is now acceptable and it has everything to do with us. We slowly but surely compromised on God’s standards and although we did not directly allow these things or promoted it, we mostly (silently) sat around and allow these things to crop up without doing anything.
What can you do you may wonder? Well firstly, you can vote for the right political party – one that does not support these principles and passes laws that allow or promote un-Godly values. Secondly, you can join organisations that campaign against these things. Thirdly, you can speak out about it in your home, community, church, friends and every opportunity you get to defend injustice. Fourthly, you can teach your children correctly. The list can go on. It is time that you stand up of righteousness again – so that you can be satisfied
Men need to be strong men with a stance again.
So there you have it, Real Men hunger and thirst for justice!
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