In
the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
“Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down... that the
nations might tremble at Your presence!”
(Isaiah 64:1, 2). Oh, that the Lord would indeed come! The whole
earth groans in travail as it awaits the coming of the Lord of Hosts.
Would that He come quickly, come now, and come to us! O Lord, we need
you now more than ever!
Sometimes it seems like this is the extent of the world's prayers to
whatever god might hear. When things are off track, when people are
depressed, when money is short, there is a god for that. Everyone
wants a savior, whether you want to put it that way or not. Just look
around you today.
For the lack of, or suppression of, talk about God and religion in
American politics and culture, there sure is a great deal of desire
and talk about the need for a savior. But from what do you want to be
saved? College students and recent graduates want to be saved from
their student debt. Those in troubled marriages want to be saved
either from divorce or from the stupid choices they made. The poor
want to be saved from homelessness and starvation. The sick want to
be saved from sickness and death. The rich want to be saved from
taxes. Christians want to be saved from Islam. Muslims want to be
saved from Christianity.
