June 27, 2010
It is hard to believe that in just three more days one half of the year 2010 will have gone by. What’s even more striking is that we have to give account for use of the time! God calls this “redeeming the time.” It is now 2010 1/2, how are you doing so far with the time alloted you?
Y2K
It has been 10 1/2 (ten and a half) years since Y2K. Remember Y2K? The phrase stood for “year 2000” and it was intended to sound an ominous warning to one and all, the world over. All major computers were expected to go berserk, electric grids across the USA would very likely fail, creating nationwide blackouts. This would create the greatest havoc in world history. Y2K clubs were formed in major cities across America offering provision and mutual protection from the marauding gangs that were sure to be on the loose scavenging and looting.
Imagine the banks not being able to keep track of accounts, grocery stores unable to order fresh supplies, gasoline pumps not working, and that was just part of it! The list went on and on.
But as always, JESUS IS sufficient for the cause. We did not go into a state of panic, rather we experienced a new prosperity. The Church dropped into a bigger state of complacency than it had been in before. “All is well,” seemed to be the code of the day. But when when the Church becomes complacent the enemy is free to attack again.
911
Then, lo and behold, along came 911. The most dastardly planned act of terrorism ever perpetrated against America was committed by Muslim terrorists. For the first time since America’s full separation from Britain, an enemy had attacked American soil, destroying buildings, killing thousands and maiming scores of others. With insulting irony this dastardly deed was committed on September 11, or 911, the number we dial in case of emergency. The Church got out of its complacency again and began to pray.
It is 2010 1/2, are we getting complacent again?
Jesus exhorts us, “Occupy till I come.” (Luke 19:13)
