God Save Us

"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell." - C.S. Lewis

God save us.

So I was driving along, and stopped at a red light.
And I was next to some SUV, with their rap music playing.
Who knows what sort of disgusting and vile lyrics were running through the mind of the man driving.
He was a younger guy, and alone.
I got a whim to pray that God would influence him to reach over and change his music.
A minute went by and I was still asking God to intervene in the situation.
The man was singing along.
When I was sure nothing would happen, and the light was certainly about to change, an amazing thing happened.
No, the song did not end.
The man reached over and flipped the station.
I didn't hear any music after that, so I don't know what he changed it to, but the important thing is that God heard me.
God chose to intervene.
The whole thing was a whim, but He answered.
The man's mind was being lulled into a thoughtless, vulgar state.

God did not create us to coat our minds with mind-numbing beats and foul words.
That coating diminishes any sort of contact the Lord can have with us.
God did not create us to be tranquilized by the poison of Satan's disguises, rendering us to be bleary-eyed, glazed over nothings.

Yet we happily spend our lives playing video games, listening to bad music, watching degrading movies, etc. and etc. because it's easy.
We reject the purpose God gave us - we reject the intelligence He has given EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US.

God save us.

"The human spirit fails, except when the Holy Spirit fills." - Corrie ten Boom