LIVING IN A BETTER WORLD

LIVING IN A BETTER WORLD


Throughout time
EVEN in the old testament
Prophets came
On behalf of God


SOME really were sent
From God-like Jeremiah-Isaiah-
Daniel-and many others


BUT many were false prophets
Saying that they were sent by God


They were actually bringing
FALSE truths and lies-
Just telling the people
What they wanted to hear


“Your prophets
Had before you
False and specious visions


They did not lay bare
Your guilt
To avert your fate


They beheld for you
In vision
False and misleading portents” Lamentations 2:14


Today it is the politicians
Telling us
What we want to hear


And we hear it
From the advertisers-
It is ENTICING


Who doesn't want to live
In a better world?
Who doesn't want to be
Richer-healthier-and more attractive?


BUT the ONLY WAY
To live in a truly better world


IS to live the message
Of God
LIVE the message of Jesus Christ


That is the REAL and TRUE way
To truly build a better world


“He rules the world
In righteousness


He judges the peoples
With equity” Psalm 9:8


“You are the LIGHT
Of the world


A town built on a hill
CANNOT be hidden” Matthew 5:14


“The God
Who MADE the world
And everything in it


Is the Lord
Of heaven and earth


And does NOT live in temples
BUILT by human hands” Acts 17:24


LIVING in a better world
Built by God and Jesus


The gospel-the MESSAGE given
To us by Jesus
PROMISES us change


But not without effort


He-the Lord-asks us to commit
Ourselves-to TRANSFORM ourselves-
To actually make ourselves into better people
BY LIVING THE GOSPEL


The Lord calls us
To the hard work of CHANGE


Dear Lord-PLEASE help us-we PRAY
To really and truly-
CHANGE the things that we can


So that we can ALL
Truly live


IN A BETTER WORLD


Robert P. Wallman
6-25-16




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Karla Manternach






4-6-17