Don’t Mess With My World

  A couple of weeks ago, I had the privilege of speaking to my young couples Sunday School class about some issues and activities that I deem either ethically, morally, or spiritually unacceptable. Even as I spoke, I could remember the day when these issues were not even debated among serious Christians. My class stirred.

   Later, as I thought about my lesson, my mind drifted back to a time when I sat in their place, just married and feeling like I had finally arrived. Since the beginning of time men had lived and died, every generation having its turn at adulthood, raising a family and being on the top rung of the social ladder. Now it was my turn!

  In “My Day,” there were those older gray headed saints who carried large print Bibles and would periodically shout “Amen” during the church services. I remember well how on occasion I would feel cramped by their old fashioned ideas and ideals. “They had their turn to run the world,” I thought, “Why didn’t they allow me to have mine?” My heart cried out, “Don’t mess with my world!”

   You see, there were issues and activities that they deemed unacceptable. But I could not see the world through the eyes of those old saints; I could not understand the issues from their perspective.

   My point is simply this. Every generation, including my own, is inclined to view the world as if it began in their youth and will end when they die. The accepted standard by which we makes moral and ethical judgments is often formulated by observing the best and the worst of our culture and time.

   In actuality, the church is adrift, just a few paces behind the world and on a path that leads forever away from God. This, and all generations to come, would do well to forsake the old floating standard and consider these precious words from God (as they are reprinted in my LARGE PRINT Bible), “Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. (Ps. 119:160)."

“AMEN!”