Hope, not Peace

"Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace..."
                   "Imagine" - John Lennon

Everyone is obsessed with Peace.

It's easy enough to imagine everyone lying out in the flower fields at sunset, yes. It's actually quite simple to do, forget everything and listen to the breeze.

..for approximately an hour at the most. Humans thrive on conflict. Humans are greedy. Humans love power. You think you are different? Read about the Stockholm Prison Experiment. It's amazing how little we know about ourselves.

And the cause of all of this? The tragedy of the fallen human race? It's Sin.

They may say that children are a blank slate when it comes to hatred and war, and that it is all passed down by the parents. But how many times have we been given a blank slate and a fresh start? Creation, the flood, the fall and rise of every empire... if we could get it right, we would.

"Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today..."

Living for today? If only you knew... What havoc I would unleash upon this world.... And that's just me. Personally I have never yet found a good reason for an atheist NOT to rob the Treasury, murder their family and spend the rest of their days luxuriously in the jungles of Africa.

World... be glad God does exist.

It isn't today that we live for, nor yesterday or tomorrow. We don't need to find "Peace on Earth". Certainly, war is a horror that would be best undisturbed. But there are times when the Evil Foe will stir up trouble that threatens life and liberty, and there are some things which you must defend to your final breath. Then go on, and fight! Because we are not living for yesterday, today, or tomorrow, we live to glorify God. And then, we have the hope of an eternal rest, ten thousands of years, in the unity of believers.

Heavenly Peace.

Until then, onward, Christian soldiers.