Finger Pointing and its Problems
Some major players in the US financial market (and the world financial market) are crumbling before our eyes. We are facing government intervention on a massive scale. Who is paying for this? We, the American taxpayer are. Too bad most of us are just like babies. Our world is out of control! We flail, we cry, we scream, and then we get a bottle shoved in our mouth and we shut up. To bad that bottle is the mark of a major shift in the role that government plays in our lives. As long as we can keep on watching our football (read the sport of your choice) and the next big movie doesn’t get derailed we will be fine.
So while we are in this brief period of wailing and gnashing of teeth, there are many fingers being pointed. It is the President’s fault, it is Obama’s fault, it is McCains fault, it is the Left Wing, Right Wing, Corporate big shot’s fault. I will be the first to say that there is enough fault to go around. All of the above mentioned get some. Why is that? They are all a part of our economy and society. Everyone participating has some fault in what is going on right now. Including you and me. We participated in the system that elected these people. We put such a high value on “Me” that it is no wonder some guy at Lehmen’s was making $17,000 per hour. Do you really think that we can be on lookout for number one yet expect others not to do the same?
Your finger should start by pointing at yourself. How am I contributing to the problem? What values do I want others to have that I don’t exhibit myself? Government can’t fix anything. Sure, they can prop things up for a small window of time and make us babies feel like our world is safe and normal again. It is sad, but we live in a world tainted by sin and there is no way this world will behave like we think it should.
Without Christ, this world falls apart. I praise the Lord that my hope is not built on a financial system run by fallible people but on a God who is perfect. As frustrated as I get by the events that are unfolding I can’t get away from the thought that no matter what happens I stand on the solid rock of Jesus. Because of this I have the option to act the way He prescribes that humanity should: whatever we want to be done to us, we should do for others.
Before looking out on a predicament and assigned blame, first look at yourself and decide how you need to change. As the Great Physician, Jesus knows just the medicine that this world needs. The only way to get that is through Him.
Brian
