The Lawless Age

Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Romans 13:1

Have you ever met a people more against government obedience than us? We whine when government interferes in our business and we whine when government does not interfere. Don't think so? Watch every winter season as a high-speed interstate somewhere in the Midwest becomes a no-speed, snow-bound parking lot. Why didn't the governing authorities shut that road down before people got stuck? A question that will be asked many a time today as the Denver news is broadcast. Up in Nebraska the roads were clear in many places and no parking lot was seen after government interfered in goodly time and shut the roads down. Yet, somewhere along the interstate was whining that, "I could have got through, if they hadn't closed the road so soon." The governing authorities seldom win in the court of public opinion.

Yet, here we are living in a nation born by disobedience to the governing authority. It seems that we had the wrong George in 1776, so a revolution was fought to get rid of King George and elect President George. Go figure. Anyway, once the rejection of Romans 13:1 was concluded and we had a new George in charge, we congratulated ourselves that God had raised up a new nation of rugged individuals fresh from a startling victory over that governing authority and godless tyrant from over there across the sea. Ever since that day, we have grumbled in turn by parties over the current governing authority. I say 'we' because God judges the nations and we are a part of a nation whether we participate in the grumbling or not.

However, you are the one who obeys and submits to the governing authority, how can I call you lawless? There are so many laws in this age that you have likely violated more than one by now through ignorance that such a law even exists! And has our love grown cold also as our Lord said back on the Mount of Olives? There is news of so many tragedies throughout the world today that our capacity for loving is quite overwhelmed. Only our Lord can mourn all the dead as each day on the calendar draws to a close.

As we are caught up in these lawless and cold end times, who is our hope? Who indeed but the One who has always been our hope, Jesus the Christ! He can warm our love and encourage our obedience in these dark times.

Bucky