Hebraic
Musing - Why are we so lucky? Or is it luck?
Are we lucky to be living in America?
Non-Christians, who believe in luck instead of God’s teachings, figure that we
are the luckiest people on earth. Our nation is unique, especially compared
with Eastern nations, as we are provided with unprecedented levels of personal
liberty and freedom since our civil laws are founded on biblical ethics, i.e.
Judeo-Christian ethics. America was
founded on and generally follows Moses’ advice from Deut 6:1-3:
These are the
commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe
in the land that you are crossing the Jordan (or crossing the ocean) to possess, …, and be careful to obey so
that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land
flowing with milk and honey…. NIV
So, how lucky are we? If we make only $10,000 a year, we are
wealthier than 84% of the world; and if we make $50,000 a year, we are
wealthier than 99 percent of the world.
More than a billion people live and die in desperate poverty, trying to
survive on less than a dollar a day. Every day, 26 thousand children die
because of starvation or preventable diseases.[1]
(I
get tempted to ask God why He doesn’t do something about that problem;
but then I am afraid He might ask me the same question.)
but then I am afraid He might ask me the same question.)
Have you noticed that the
majority of Eastern cultures cannot point to a single instance of a
civilization providing anywhere near our level of personal liberty and
freedom? Why? Could it be that they have framed their civil
laws based on man’s thinking and feelings, instead of God’s loving advice? Christians have been given the answers to -- Who am I? What am
I supposed to do? Where am I supposed to do it?
When am I supposed to do
it? Why am I supposed to do it?
How am I supposed to do it?
On the other hand,
Non-Christians and Christians not in God’s Word are clueless about the answers.
They continue to live thinking they do have answers by following man’s ways –
the inclinations of their hearts.
Point to Ponder
Why have we Americans been
so ‘lucky’?
Ever wonder why our American
culture is starting to crumble?
Shalom
Yosef a.k.a. Joe Brusherd May
21, 2013
Author of two books “Hebraic Insights” and “Biblical
Marriage”
[1] P108 Radical
by David Platt
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