What Will You Do?

Today a friend of mine placed a link to a video on my FB page. The video is discussing Barak Obama. I don't consider it to be an Obama bashing though I can see how some would feel that way. It basically depicts Obama as a puppet in the hands of those(the video producers feel)that are truly in control of this nation and that he is simply a pawn in what they are trying to do in creating the New World Order.

Now, anyone who knows me I would hope would say that I am not a conspiracy theorist. I do not look at a situation and condemn the person involved because I know there are other factors at play. I am not saying that anything in this video link is true or false. Actually, what burdens me today is not really the video link at all.

Today my heart is in turmoil because I know the desperate state that our nation and world is in. To say that the world is not like it was when I was growing up is laughable and almost ridiculous. The world isn't like it was 7 years ago or even 2 years ago! Times are changing and we as people sit back and take what is fed to us without even a second thought.

We get caught up in the propaganda of the hour and loose sight of what is truly happening in our nation and world. For anyone, this is a horrible compromise. For the Christian, this is equals self-annihilation.

We often hear it said that those who do not know their history are doomed to repeat it. It's become sort of cliche. Nonetheless, it is true.

Do we know our history? I don't mean simply US history or even modern world history? I mean biblical history. It's ALL important and critical that we know and understand. Do we care? Or do our lives, our small corner of the world and it's comfort consume us so that nothing else truly matters? It's so easy to have strong opinions about political candidates and situations going on in the world, but what is fueling our opinions? Is it truth?

My challenge to myself and to those reading is to step up to the plate. We MUST know for ourselves what is happening. Study, read, learn. Some of us will stop there and that's fine once we've searched for truth found it and share it. Others will go further. They will get involved and become voices of change. What will you do? What will you teach your children to do? They need to learn how to make decisions and hold their ground in this world of ours. It's more important now than it ever was before.

This is not about a man. This is not about a party. This is about all of us taking a stand for truth, justice, and integrity. It is each of our responsibility to know and then to act in whatever way we are led to. Generations to come are depending on what we do in this hour.