It is built up over a period of time, "brick
by brick," with the same caring
sensitivity that the Israeli Rescue Team exhibited.
Here
in the second issue of World News and Prophecy, a new column emerges to engage
the audience in some serious considerations as to how we are conducting ourselves
in today's dynamic and ever-changing society. In Luke 21:36, Jesus told His disciples
to "watch and pray." This publication has in part been designed to assist
you in the "watching." There are momentous historical, sociological, economical,
and natural occurrences of major proportions happening all around us. In a world
with problems caused by humanity's rejection of God's way it can seem like one bad
thing after another. Even as Christians, we tend to lose hope and the positive edge
that God's Spirit can develop in us for service toward God, our families, our brethren
and our communities.
How often have we read Isaiah 30:21 that
says, "This is the way, walk you in it"? Have you ever noticed what proceeds
it? Let's read Isaiah 30:20-21 in full. "And though the Lord gives you the bread
of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your teachers will not be moved into
a corner anymore, but your eyes shall see your teachers. Your ears shall hear a word
behind you, saying, 'This is the way, walk in it,' whenever you turn to the right
hand or whenever you turn to the left." Is this only for the future or can we
apply it today?
It is interesting to note how often Jesus
alluded to examples of people who were "making a difference" and asked
His disciples to learn or take note of their examples. One example is that of the
Good Samaritan. Was the Samaritan remembered because he was a church member or for
what he did? Jesus purposefully took an example far out of the common scope of accepted
thinking of that time and simply said, "Learn!" It wasn't so much what
the good Samaritan knew, like the priest or the Levite, but what he did. Jesus asks
us to learn now to become teachers of a way of life. A way that is outgoing, away
from self.
