What a Mess

What a mess.

I saw a video recently of a bear that had found its way into a Montana home.  The residents weren’t there, so there was no one in danger, but an in-home security camera caught a bear raiding the refrigerator, tearing up the couch, and leaving “evidence” of its presence on the living room rug.

What a mess.

Can you imagine how the owners must have felt when they finally came home?

God must feel a little like that.  He created a world that was good, and since the fall, we have been making a total mess of it.

Humanity has treated this world like we created it, as if we could do whatever we wanted with a home we did not create.

Humanity has dishonored the Creator and treated those who are made in His image contemptuously.  Humanity has disregarded God’s law and has chosen to live by our own unrighteous standards.

Humanity has rejected the rightful Judge and Ruler of this world, and we have chosen wicked substitutes to rule in His stead.

Now, the house is a real mess.

But, there will come a time when the Owner of this house will return.

“At the set time that I appoint I will judge with equity. When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants, it is I who keep steady its pillars.

Selah

I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn; do not lift up your horn on high, or speak with haughty neck.”

For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up, but it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another. For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed, and he pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.” (Psalm 75:2–8 ESV)

God has set time, of His own choosing, when He will send His Son to step back into this world’s history.

There are people who have treated this world as if they created it. As if they could do whatever they choose, make as big a mess as possible, and then just move on.

But they are wrong, and the world which was created by the Word of God will once again see the Word of God return; on that day, God will set all things right.

Then, those who know Him, who love Him, and who have chosen to follow Him, will live in the home with no bears.

Keep safe, be well, and stay encouraged.

Brian