Matthew 5:5 “Blessed and fortunate and happy and spiritually prosperous (in that state in which the born – again child of God enjoys His favor and salvation) are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God), for they shall be completely satisfied!”
FAKE NEWS!!! Sometimes it seems that all we hear is fake news designed to capture attention. Facts don’t appear to matter. Statistics that are real are meaningless; instead, the news media feeds us a steady diet of distorted items designed to fulfill someone’s political agenda. And then there are the disappointments and shocks. Every day, it seems another group whom we previously respected is exposed as having mishandled money or power or both. And the outrageous events such as the rise of human trafficking and massacring of people for their religious beliefs leave us sickened and depressed. It isn’t even safe to go into many major stores for fear one will be abducted or assaulted in the rest room. Sometimes it seems tempting just to avoid the news altogether in hopes of remaining a little positive.
These days, there are very few leaders in any arena, whether religious or political, who have spotless reputations. One of the things that distinguished the late Reverend Billy Graham was that his organization had a reputation for transparency and accountability. Once the Grahams built their house in North Carolina, they remained in that house for the rest of their lives. Reverend Graham remained on a fixed salary and the money that came in from books, videos, etc., went into the ministry and not to him. This honesty and transparency were two of the main reasons Graham was befriended by a long list of world leaders; they felt they could trust Reverend Graham.
Aren’t you tired of this suffering and this filth? Don’t you long for someone who is completely good and who truly never fails? The answer is God. Isaiah 55:6 says, “Seek, inquire for, and require the Lord while He may be found [claiming Him by necessity and by right]; call upon Him while He is near. 7Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and He will have love, pity, and mercy for him, and to our God, for He will multiply to Him His abundant pardon.”
How do we come to the Lord? We pray, and it doesn’t have to be a long prayer.
PRAYER: Father, today we are heart – sick of crooked leaders, of money managers who only steal, of perversion and evil. You have promised that if we come to you in prayer, you will hear us and will answer. Lord, hear our prayer! Listen to our cry! Clean our hearts and our minds and fill us with your love, your peace, your joy, and your righteousness. In the matchless Name of Jesus. Amen.
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