Look at the Heart

This Christmas season it is hard not to think of how families of recent violence will be able to celebrate Christ coming to the world, when their lives have been so impacted by violence.  Talk about God must bring very mixed emotions in these days.  

It seems like the talk has turned toward gun control very quickly.  Honestly, I don't have a lot of use for guns personally.  I believe this is not where Christians should be focusing our attention.  It is political and you will definitely find people's opinions when you talk about it, but it misses the point. The problem is not gun control, but rather the hearts of people.  Paul described people with heart issues this way:  Romans 1:28-31 Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done.  Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. ³⁰ They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents.  They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy. 

Similarly, I believe the talk about our nation leaving God out of our culture is not the issue we need to talk about.  God tried to develop a Godly nation out of Israel and we can read about that in the Old Testament.  Now God is developing a spiritual Kingdom called the Body of Christ.  We don't need the United State of America to be a Christian Nation, we need the Body of Christ to rise up and be the influence on the world that makes a difference.  Want to change the world?  Change your heart by following Christ completely!