Brave New World

I See A Brave New World

I see a new world. It is not a nice new world, at least, it’s not the nice ordered world we all knew and loved. It is a world in which everything we do is monitored and, where deemed necessary, commented upon and ‘corrected’. We seem to be told what to think, what to believe, what to say, what to eat and drink, and what to do from morning til night. It is rather Orwellian – shades of 1984 and all that. If you haven’t got the right passwords in this new world, you might as well be dead. You cannot buy or sell anything. You cannot work unless someone says you can. There is a lack of choice in almost everything – even down to how many children you can procreate. There is only one religion and no other religion or ‘belief’ is allowed. This is a world without hope.

Now I see another new world – a brave new world. It is very different from the first one I saw. There is freedom instead of repression; choice instead of dictate; faith instead of religion. It’s not perfect, but it is much more agreeable. There are jobs and free markets. There is free will. There are Biblical values and morality but without the sanctimoniousness of the past. There is still hypocrisy of course – when was there not? Despite all the downers, this is a world of hope.

It is our choice which new world we leave to our children and grandchildren. Our choice depends on our actions – it’s not a democratic voting system – that can always be falsified. We have to speak our choice out loud for all the world to know which way we voted. Now there’s different. That sounds a bit like real accountability.

What was the point of these visions? To bring that message of hope back to the church and, through the church, to all who will listen. We, the church, must once again turn to the Lord and repent. First we need to repent of not obeying the great commission. Then we must repent of following the world lest we get labelled something bad and also for allowing the trends and political correctnesses of the world. Since when did Jesus allow political correctness to impede what He had to say to people. We need to be like that too.

Finally, we need to pray Psalm 24 in all it’s meaning; we need to take it literally, and allow the King of Glory to come into our churches, our meetings, and our lives.

Psalm 24

The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein. For He has founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the waters.

Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive blessing from the Lord, And righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face. Selah

Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory.

Let us open our gates and our doors and welcome the King of Glory !! Then we might see God moving in our midst.