Do you every find yourself so engaged with your day that you seem to just zone out the world around you? I find in my life that it is a constant battle to stay focused on “Gods Big Picture.” We live in a world that is in cardiac arrest.
If you do not believe me, take some time this morning and read the headlines from any major news network. Every morning I force myself to read the headlines and every morning I find myself shocked at what I read. Some would say, “It is easy to become indifferent after reading day after day.”
This certainly can be true, if one does not keep “God’s big picture” in mind. However if one is daily in God’s word he or she will not be indifferent but engaged with all that they see. For example, consider the book of Zephaniah. The prophet of God proclaims the coming day of God’s judgment, “Be silent before the Lord God! For the day of the Lord is near,” 1:7. The signs of the times were all around Israel but the people chose to be indifferent, “At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are complacent, those who say in their hearts, the Lord will not do good, nor will he do ill,” 1:12.
Before us is a people who are totally indifferent to all that is happening around them. God’s judgment was coming quickly and the prophet of God could hear the hoof beats of judgment pounding ever so loudly, “The sound of the day of the Lord is bitter,” 1:14. But the people did not hear.
How do we know they did not hear? “Though they build houses, they shall not inhabit them,” 1:13. These people were trying to go on with life as usual refusing to accept all that was coming. I find such a parallel in our nation today. People who refuse to see all that is happening around them.
Someone said, “As long as it doesn’t affect me, I will not get involved.” Herein lies the problem with people of indifference. They are only focused on their lives and their blessings.
Only those who lives have been touched by Christ understand the selfishness that lies within each of us. Only in Christ will anyone seek to actively help those around them. This very day my heart break’s for the lostness in our world.
I find myself asking, “God what can I do?” Here was God’s answer to my cry,”Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility,” 2:2-3.
Dear Lord, “May you cleanse me of all of my selfishness as well as my failure to be engaged with your kingdom purpose. Father, may my every thought be to fulfill your purposes on this earth. I plead with you to keep me from looking away from your will. Lord, I would be lost without your mercy and grace. I am so thankful that my future is secure in Christ. Please grant me the strength and wisdom to share your mercy and grace with a world that is indifferent. Open blind eyes that they may see your kingdom purpose today.”