The powers that we see at play in this world, the predators, the hackers, the heads of state, the tech CEOs, the National Security Agencies, the proliferators of Nuclear Arms, the slave traders, the identity theives, and all the forces that can make us feel like a pawn in the hands of a few; All of these must bow before the throne. God exalted and gave Jesus the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
This makes all the difference in the world in how we live. Its easy to be taken in, as the Psalmist was, by the shear power that some have and think they must truly be gods, Son’s of the Most High! But the reality is that all are answerable to God. That changes things. All their power can be taken away. There is nothing permanent about them at all. What that means is that we don’t need to give into fatalism. When we are overwhelmed by the powers that be, its easy to be left stunned. But recognizing that everything is under God means that we can take big and small steps to make things better.
Robert F. Kennedy said, “Let no one be discouraged by the belief there is nothing one person can do against the enormous array of the world’s ills, misery, ignorance, and violence. Few will have the greatness to bend history, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. And in the total of all those acts will be written the history of a generation.”
What history will we write? As saints we live in the reality that all the Earth, all the Nations, all the powers, everything that is on and offline, everything is under the Almighty! Empowered by God, we take small steps, working together to bring about and magnify all that is good! And everything that is under judgment, everything that has no place in the coming kingdom, we work to diminish, subvert and suppress. We do all this in anticipation of the day when justice shall prevail throughout all the Earth, and the entire created order shall be restored.
This is the only true reality.
This makes all the difference in the world in how we live. Its easy to be taken in, as the Psalmist was, by the shear power that some have and think they must truly be gods, Son’s of the Most High! But the reality is that all are answerable to God. That changes things. All their power can be taken away. There is nothing permanent about them at all. What that means is that we don’t need to give into fatalism. When we are overwhelmed by the powers that be, its easy to be left stunned. But recognizing that everything is under God means that we can take big and small steps to make things better.
Robert F. Kennedy said, “Let no one be discouraged by the belief there is nothing one person can do against the enormous array of the world’s ills, misery, ignorance, and violence. Few will have the greatness to bend history, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. And in the total of all those acts will be written the history of a generation.”
What history will we write? As saints we live in the reality that all the Earth, all the Nations, all the powers, everything that is on and offline, everything is under the Almighty! Empowered by God, we take small steps, working together to bring about and magnify all that is good! And everything that is under judgment, everything that has no place in the coming kingdom, we work to diminish, subvert and suppress. We do all this in anticipation of the day when justice shall prevail throughout all the Earth, and the entire created order shall be restored.
This is the only true reality.
