Seize the Moment – Day 1214
Hope in God for a Better Future!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Friday, July 14.
Do you believe in the myth of human progress? I’m not talking about technological innovations, scientific discoveries, or medical advancements. I am talking about the belief that we can evolve into better people by the means of such advancements, that together we can create a utopia on Earth through our combined efforts. This myth is a misplacement of your faith!
Psalm 94 quickly disabuses us of this thought, as it reads like our current headlines, yet it was written three thousand years ago. The first seven verses capture the cry of the psalmist’s heart for God’s justice in a world of human injustice:
How long shall the wicked, O Lord, how long shall the wicked exult? They pour forth words, they speak arrogantly; all who do wickedness vaunt themselves. They crush Your people, O Lord, and afflict Your heritage. They slay the widow and the stranger and murder the orphans. They have said, “The Lord does not see, nor does the God of Jacob pay heed.”
Pastor Tony Evans commented on these verses, “Observe that the concerns of God’s people today are the same as the concerns of God’s people in the past.”[1] Not much has changed in the human condition in three thousand years – we are still totally depraved! I’m not going to disregard your desire for a better future because it’s a beautiful vision, but I will direct your hope to the Sovereign God, the One who is able to fulfill it. I pray you will be rescued from the worldview of secular-humanism because it keeps you and your efforts as the object of your own faith and hope.
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 94, meditating upon the Promise Keeper – put your faith and hope in the One who will bring all things to completion in the New Heaven and New Earth (Revelation 21-22).
[1] Tony Evans, The Tony Evans Study Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible, 2019), 667.
God bless you!
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