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These poignant lyrics from John Mayer's song "Waiting on the World to Change," from his CD Continuum, make a statement about what many of his generation have—a desire to make a difference in a world that needs help. War, terrorism, corruption, disease, pollution and moral decadence abound. It's no secret that we live in a world that has problems— big problems.
As in the song, many know that this world needs to be changed. Yet the whole idea of changing or repairing the world seems like a fantasy—something that could only happen in a dream or be wished for in a song! Surely it's not something that could be accomplished by any man or government today.
In the Bible, our Creator revealed that this world would, in time, fall into deep trouble—trouble so bad it could bring life as we know it to an end! (Matthew 24:21-22). Yet that same Creator said that He really does have a plan to set this troubled world right. This plan will involve millions of people learning a different way of life—a way of life based on peace and the law of God.
The prophet Micah wrote of this plan: "Many nations shall come and say, 'Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord , to the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, and we shall walk in His paths.'
"For out of Zion the law shall go forth, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He shall judge between many peoples, and rebuke strong nations afar off; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore" (Micah 4:2-3).
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