The World Deceives

Brothers and Sisters, 
As we continue this battle for the world I am reminded of the Prophet Jeremiah, and all he went through when Judah was in a battle for their livelihood right before the exile. When I turned to the book I was led to the eighth chapter. Although the portion has prophetic overtones of a future time for Israel this fourth through ninth verses seem very familiar as to what is happening to us. Read and Listen to the Word of God given to Jeremiah:
“You shall say to them, Thus says the Lord:
When men fall, do they not rise again? If one turns away, does he not return? Why then has this people turned away in perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return. I have paid attention and listened, but they have not spoken rightly; no man relents of his evil, saying, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone turns to his own course, like a horse plunging headlong into battle. Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming but my people know not the rules of the Lord. “How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us’? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie. The wise men shall be put to shame; they shall be dismayed and taken; behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord, so what wisdom is in them? Jeremiah 8:4-9
Many Have Forgotten God
God desires our worship and obedience to Him and in the above reading, God shows that those who turn away can turn back but many who become accustomed to the world stay away without sorrow for their forgetting God. Some who were faithful hide behind their past while reaching for a future without God. When His Word is rejected by man, God allows their faithlessness until they realize their mistake. The problem is that for many it may be too late.
The recent elections in the United States and other places show a world that rejects God and sets humankind above themselves. What they do not see is that these people who know God but refuse to follow His Laws and Statutes calling them “archaic” do not see the truth of them. God set these rules for a right way of living and subduing the earth while being caretakers of creation. 
God created us, He knows us better than we know ourselves. His Name is in our DNA but when we let the world in and remove God, our structure changes and the spirit fights for survival inside a body that has made a mind of its own. Our flesh is nothing without the spirit so in putting it aside makes us no better than zombies seeking the newest high to stay alive. This is no way to live.
Sickness of the Mind is a Sickness In the Heart
Some people see the release from the hold of the world and the norm and call it progress. They do not understand that they are causing those closest to them to challenge their own beliefs and falling in the process. When governments believe themselves a higher authority than God, the whole country suffers. The easily deceived fall first taking with them family members who do not want to lose them. At first they secretly try to bring them back but the pull is too strong and they lose them. 
Those who get lost in the fantasy of the world never get out because they live for the attention and receive it in the worst way. This fantasy comes in many forms but they are all of the flesh. There were movements to try and change things but they failed once people realized that the attention was no longer on them. Some are so hungry for fame that they will do anything, even die.    
Coming Home
How do we get the lost home? Sometimes the deceived do not want to return because like the prodigal son they enjoy life too much. It takes a complete falling and failure for them to return. When others in their life reject them, they either find a way out or die. What we must do is find them before rock bottom takes hold so we can guide them back to God. 
Jesus taught that we must return to the Word to find God and come home. We hold God’s Word but do not always know how to use it. It is called fear of rejection. We need to embrace rejection because sometimes we are just there to plant the seed, sometimes we are there to water it, sometimes we are there to fertilize it, sometimes we nurture it, and sometimes we harvest the plant that grew. It is not our place to bring someone directly to God it is up to the individual to choose life in the Spirit over life in the world. 
We do not have to wait for life in exile because as Christians we are already there. It is time to plant, to sow, to reap, to live. Live for Christ but even more, Live for God. 
In His Everlasting Love through His Grace and Mercy, 
May the Lord keep you, have Mercy upon you, and bring you Peace,
Rob, Servant of God