))
Don't Blame the System
Manage episode 471312884 series 3561225
Content provided by Christianityworks and Berni Dymet. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Christianityworks and Berni Dymet or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
We don’t think about it all too often, but the world – my world, your world – is dominated by manmade systems; economic systems, political systems, social systems, healthcare systems, food production and distribution systems and so on. And essential though they are, many of them aren’t serving us all that well.
It’s something of a cliché that the rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer. But is that actually true? Well, according to Oxfam, the richest 1% of people in the world currently account for as much wealth as the rest of us put together.
No, our systems aren’t all supporting us all that well. That’s a fact. And so what we tend to do is to blame the system for our woes; if only we had a more equitable economy, a better government, honest politicians, a more accessible and efficient healthcare system … and so on.
But what about our own personal contribution to the darkness that’s creeping so effectively across the globe? What can we do, in the way we live life in our own little cabbage patch, to make a difference?
John 8:12 Later, Jesus talked to the people again. He said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never live in darkness. They will have the light that gives life.”
As American author and educator Voddie Baucham recently said, “We’re not seeing terrible things in our culture because we vote the wrong way. We’re seeing terrible things in our culture because people love darkness rather than light."
Stop blaming the system. Follow Jesus. Shine the light.
That’s God’s Word. Fresh … for you … today.
300 episodes
Share
