As I am sitting here blogging I have the Aerosmith's song "Living on the Edge" running thru my mind. I like this song. It came out when I was in High school. I never saw this song thru "Christian" eyes before.
I do think as a society that we are Living on the Edge and that there is something wrong with the world today. The first part of the song talks about this and not seeing things thru the eye's of God. I am sure his are a little watery if you think about it. America in general is in trouble. This is ALL of us, Christian and Non-Christian. I know that God wants the Non-Christians to believe in Him and that his Son Jesus died for their sins and we as Christians need to get out there and help them realize this.
Another part to this song is. "If you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin, then mister your a better man than I." I use to be that mister. I am so sorry that I use to be that way. I was mislead and not educated in the way that the Lord wanted me to go. I can say that learning the Lord's way has changed me inside and out. I am very proud of what I have changed as my views on race. I do know that the way to change other's is to show them scripture about being prejudice. Like Genesis 5: 3-5 we are ALL related going back to Adam and Eve. My favorite is Galatians 3:28, this show that we are ALL ONE in Christ!!! In showing passages this educates those that are prejudice.
Also in this song is talks about the situations, aggravations, complications getting to you. We ALL have these. We need to turn to the Lord and he will take them and help us to accept them and walk thru them or he will clear them up for us.
Also it says "if Chicken Little tells that the sky is falling would your come crawling back again? I bet you would my friend." OHHH this is so 9-11! When the sky our world as Americans knew it came crashing down around us, we all RAN back to GOD!!!! Well now that it has been 6 almost 7 years we are not running to God we are running back to that EDGE again!!!
In 2 Chronicles 7: 13-16 and 21-23 says;
"When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locust to devour the land or send a plague among my people, if my people, who are called by my name will HUMBLE themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from there wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Now my eyes are open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place."
This is after Solomon had built the temple of the Lord. The Lord spoke this. I know that America has not HUMBLED themselves and turned from wickedness. So why would the Lord heal our land?
Now 21-23 says;
"And though this temple is now so imposing all who pass by will be appalled and say, "why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple? People will answer 'Because they have forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshipping and serving them- that is why he brought all this disaster on them."
A few things here.... Well as we know other countries look down on us they see us as aggarant, disobedient, crude, Living on the Edge and a God-less society. Why would they not? When it walks like a duck and talks like a duck it is a duck.
I know that this is not the heart of America. I am proud to be an American. I am proud of my forefathers who fought to give us our Liberties and Freedoms. I do not want the world to look at us like this. We can only change it one person at a time. Let it start with ME!!!
I am praying for American and now in the time of Celebration with the 4th of July we ALL need to pray for America, America needs to turn her eyes back to the Lord, walk away from the Edge and run to the Lord and He will heal our Land!!!
I do think as a society that we are Living on the Edge and that there is something wrong with the world today. The first part of the song talks about this and not seeing things thru the eye's of God. I am sure his are a little watery if you think about it. America in general is in trouble. This is ALL of us, Christian and Non-Christian. I know that God wants the Non-Christians to believe in Him and that his Son Jesus died for their sins and we as Christians need to get out there and help them realize this.
Another part to this song is. "If you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin, then mister your a better man than I." I use to be that mister. I am so sorry that I use to be that way. I was mislead and not educated in the way that the Lord wanted me to go. I can say that learning the Lord's way has changed me inside and out. I am very proud of what I have changed as my views on race. I do know that the way to change other's is to show them scripture about being prejudice. Like Genesis 5: 3-5 we are ALL related going back to Adam and Eve. My favorite is Galatians 3:28, this show that we are ALL ONE in Christ!!! In showing passages this educates those that are prejudice.
Also in this song is talks about the situations, aggravations, complications getting to you. We ALL have these. We need to turn to the Lord and he will take them and help us to accept them and walk thru them or he will clear them up for us.
Also it says "if Chicken Little tells that the sky is falling would your come crawling back again? I bet you would my friend." OHHH this is so 9-11! When the sky our world as Americans knew it came crashing down around us, we all RAN back to GOD!!!! Well now that it has been 6 almost 7 years we are not running to God we are running back to that EDGE again!!!
In 2 Chronicles 7: 13-16 and 21-23 says;
"When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locust to devour the land or send a plague among my people, if my people, who are called by my name will HUMBLE themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from there wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Now my eyes are open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place."
This is after Solomon had built the temple of the Lord. The Lord spoke this. I know that America has not HUMBLED themselves and turned from wickedness. So why would the Lord heal our land?
Now 21-23 says;
"And though this temple is now so imposing all who pass by will be appalled and say, "why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple? People will answer 'Because they have forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshipping and serving them- that is why he brought all this disaster on them."
A few things here.... Well as we know other countries look down on us they see us as aggarant, disobedient, crude, Living on the Edge and a God-less society. Why would they not? When it walks like a duck and talks like a duck it is a duck.
I know that this is not the heart of America. I am proud to be an American. I am proud of my forefathers who fought to give us our Liberties and Freedoms. I do not want the world to look at us like this. We can only change it one person at a time. Let it start with ME!!!
I am praying for American and now in the time of Celebration with the 4th of July we ALL need to pray for America, America needs to turn her eyes back to the Lord, walk away from the Edge and run to the Lord and He will heal our Land!!!
