what in the world is going on?

The Christian Perspective
on what is going on in the world at this time:

devastating earthquakes
tsunamis
sexual scandals
catastrophic tornados
wildfires burning out of control
economic disaster looming
floods of mamouth proportions

All seems to be out of control,
but it is not.
God knows exactly what is going on
and is allowing it to
accomplish His purposes on this earth.

Martyn Llyod Jones is my mentor.

Reading his books consistently over the past years
has helped me to learn to think biblically about things.
Here is a quote about this subject from his book,
Faith Tried and Triumphant,
a study on the book of Habakkuk:

"It is important
for the Christian
to keep up with the news
and to understand something
of what is happening in the world
and the significance of those events.

 It is essential
that the church
should not view things with a political eye,
but learn to interpret events spiritually
and to understand them
in the light of God's instructions to her. 

What to the natural person
is utterly abhorant,
and even disastrous,
may be the very thing God is using
to chastise us
and to restore us to a right relationship to Himself. 
So we must not jump to hasty conclusions." (p17)

Oh to God
that we will learn how to see things from God's perspective!
cathy