Cancel Tomorrow

On a college wall, a student had scribbled these thought-provoking words: “Due to lack of interest, tomorrow has been cancelled.”

What a thought! Perhaps these words could be revised to say: “Due to lack of commitment, life has come to a grinding halt.” And now we begin to get the idea.

Across the land, a lot of people are “on strike”. They cherish the meaning of citizenship, but forget that it means for them a moral commitment to help keep our country great. Within the Church Universal, there are people who are happy to call themselves Christian, but are just holding back, waiting for God to improve the conditions, and make a better world.

And so, due to lack of interest, churches have to close their doors. Due to lack of interest, P.T.A.’s decide to disband. Due to lack of interest and commitment, people decide that liberty means “license” and decide to do whatever they want. They forget that liberty prevails only when we restrain ourselves, so as not to deny rights to others along the way.

The writer of Revelation said to one of the Churches of Asia Minor: “I know your works; you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth.” (Rev. 3:15)

Unfortunately, we have become so dead-locked into pessimism, that we no longer believe in the triumph of good over evil. And so, we reject our faith, which proclaims that not only are we to be triumphant over death some day, but we are also to be victorious over the world. We are not victims, but victors. We are on the side of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. It is not worthy of us to be discouraged, when we have pledged ourselves to the Master of HOPE.