How to Seek God's Will
The attack on the World Trade
Center and the Pentagon was a horrible act of violence by religious
extremists. Their acts are unconscionable. Nevertheless leaders
from all nations are warning that more violent acts of terrorism may come.
They caution us that, though now few in number, these furtive enemies
of Western civilization are intelligent, cunning and capable. We
should never underestimate the havoc they can inflict.
Many leaders are
also imploring us to pray for God's help. Indeed we should. But
let's be realistic enough to realize that God will hear us only if
we are willing to hear Him.
It is time we took the
blinders off our eyes. Our entire Western culture is caught up
in an evolutionist philosophy that believes God doesn't exist
or the surreal notion that we can do whatever we please and God's
attitude toward us is one of ignoring our sins-that He simply
needs and desires our adulation and attention. But that is not how
the Holy Scriptures describe His view of humanity. The message they
thunder from Genesis to Revelation is a call for repentance and
obedience to God's laws and His way of life.
In times of trouble
God offers this encouragement: "If My people ... will humble themselves,
and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then
I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their
land" (2 Chronicles 7:14). GN
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