Recently I found
myself asking so many questions as to why our society is full of men and women
who are spiritually dead due to the darkness of their
heart.
I mean the frequency
of crime seems to be escalating with each day passing. I know as a people of
faith we should learn to always speak positively, especially when the situation
looks out of our control. But I have come to realize that positive confessions
without the identification and the dealing of the root cause of a problem would
not automatically cause the problem to disappear. Apart from the killings and
protesting taking place in almost every part of the word, there’s the issue of
intolerance when it comes to the things of God.
Sadly as believers, we are not
any different from those in the world as our intolerance for the things and ways
of God could be seen and even felt by the very people we ‘re supposed to be
ministering the love and saving grace of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to.
Many of us are so pre-occupied with the idea of being successful financially and
academically that we have all the excuses in the world as to why we should be
excused from being involved in fellowship with God daily. But sadly to say, this
reality has placed us in the same position Adam and Eve once found themselves in
according Genesis 3.
The truth is, Adam and Eve didn’t deliberately walked out on
God. No, they were deceived by Satan and until they discovered that they’ were
naked they didn’t realize that
They were being
tricked. Just like most of us today, they thought they were actually trying to
improve themselves. After all, the fruit was good to behold, and not only that
it was good, it also tasted nice. And to make it even better, it promises to
make them have the knowledge of God. Wow, What a
temptation!
Friends, the challenges
faced in our society today is as a result of collective selfishness. And to
make it right, we all need to answer this particular question;
where are you? The same question
God asked the man when He came looking for him after he had disobeyed Him.
Until
we all deliberately return to God’s presence the issue of crime in our society
will not be solved. It doesn’t matter a much awareness we raise on the issues on
our social media pages. It’ doesn’t matter how many NGOs we establish to combat
these crimes, we will never win the fight unless we return to His presence. The
men in our society needs to get back to God’s presence, the women needs to do
the same. Our kids also must be taught how to seek God’ presence above
everything else in their lives.
To put it plainly; an
unsaved soul or a man outside God’s presence is a serious danger to members of
his community, notwithstanding how good his / her intentions are. The reason
this is so is because outside the presence of God we all are open to the
manipulation of the one whose job is to kill, steal and destroy (See John
10:10).
Unfortunately due to
the emphasis on success and the way it’s being defined within the present
society. Many of us have left His presence in pursuit for success and this is
the reason for the challenges faced today. The only remedy would be for us to go
back to His presence. The church needs to start emphasising the need for both
men and women to return to fellowship. Every believer should begin to ask
themselves; where Am I? because that’s the same question God is asking us
today.
