I think I have found the answer! I know how to aviod war with Iraq! I know how to solve world hunger and how to have world peace! It's so simple! But then again, to our disadvantage, we are all human. Anyhow, if every single person on earth puts God (The one and only true God, I Am, Jehovah) first, and if every single person loves his neighbor as himself, and if every single person puts the needs of others as being more important than there own, and if every single person loves his enemies (which means nobody would have any) and if every single person put self on a shelf, all our needs would be met. Everybody would love everybody....true love, Godly love.
Nobody would be angry because somebody else got the promotion. Nobody would be jealous or envious. I think that if the two most important commandments were filled, all the others would automatically follow. There would be no need to break them. If every single person loved God first and others as himself/herself (c'mon now, we must be politically correct.....oh brother!), would anybody covet their neighbors wife? Commit adultry? Steal? Kill? Use the Lord Almighty's name in vain?
Throughout the Bible we read about people like the Pharisees where everybody works so hard to obey the rules. There's millions of them! They get off track and lose sight of the two most important commandments. Love God and love others. It's that simple. Or is it simple?
The solution to World Peace is simple........Love God and love others. Period. Problem is, we can not humanly do this. However, if God were first in all our hearts all of the time..........it would be simple wouldn't it? So we have a solution, but one that doesn't appear very realistic. It would be easy for God to force us all to love Him. But, instead, He gives us the freedom to choose and all of mankind (ever since the garden) has chosen self first. It's hard not to. It's instinct, natural. We are born sinners. There is hope though. Jesus. He never sinned. He truly thought of God and others first. As Christians, we alone can't see world peace obtained because there are many unbelievers in the world. Also, unfortunately, even those who believe still struggle with selfishness. For Pete's sake, how many wars are fought in the Name of God? Seems hopeless doesn't it? However, if we do our best to model the One who died for us, we probably will not establish world peace, but one by one, we will reach out to those unbelievers and change the world, one lost soul at a time. We will encourage and lift up other believers. We can set the example for others to follow. It's not anything we will do in our own strength, but His. For it is by GRACE we are saved through faith alone, not of ourselves. We cannot boast for Christ took our place.....a gift from God alone. Neither by works of righteousness or anything we have done. But by the blood of the spotless Lamb through faith in God's own Son.
I need to pray more.
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