THE WORLD'S REAL PROBLEM

        A recent TIME magazine article told of how a CEO of a major coffee company wanted to change the world, beginning with America. The article focused on racial problems  and how he felt America was at a tipping point, although I’m not quite sure what he meant would happen it if tipped too far. About 40% of his company's employees are minorities, and many of them have faced problems due to their race.
        If he meant that too many more racial incidents would result is riots, that has  already happened fifty years ago. “The country is not going in the right direction,” he said. “There is no company you can point to that is as dependent on the human condition as we are.” The article told of several commendable programs his company has instituted to help people get along better.
        But it will take more than a coffee CEO to fix what’s wrong with our world. America and all other countries, do need to foster greater respect among races and groups, beginning with greater respect for Christians. I had thought being a Christian in the 1900s was the most dangerous century in history, but the 2000s are on their way to being worse. Christian men, women and children worldwide are being butchered and tortured at an ever-increasing rate by vicious people, intent on imposing their beliefs on the rest of the world. For some reason, the news outlets don't think it important.
        The real news is not about American minorities being shot by police. It is that village after village worldwide is being slaughtered by self-righteous killers. The CEO’s words could be expanded, “The world is not going in the right direction.”
        But even as the hatred of Christians has been rising, so also the numbers of Christians worldwide have been rising. It is estimated there are now 2.5 billion Christians in the world, with faith in Jesus is growing faster than any other religion.
        God’s people have never given up easily. Others may kill, insult and rob them of everything, but still they continue to trust in Jesus as Lord. Just as the early Church grew in the blood of its martyrs, so it is growing today. We pray for an end to the hatred and persecution of Christians, as well as a change of heart for those who wish them evil.  Jesus words, “Love one another as I have loved you” (John 15:12) are more important than ever.

Are you praying about this? God will hear and answer!