What if ... Globalism Is A Bad Idea?

Do you see yourself as an intentional seeker for truth, willing to change your stance, if persuaded? Or are you someone who finds straddling the fence of truth or consequences comfortable enough?

The United Nations website listed one of their new initiatives as U.N. 21/2030. Amongst items were a global currency, a central bank, the end of national sovereignty, mandatory vaccines, universal basic income, microchipping of citizens and the end of fossil fuels. The suggested completion date for these globalized actions was 2030. A small firestorm ignited and the United Nations quickly disavowed the report, and the media debunked it. But why did this story spread so quickly? Besides standing out as an example for those fearing a coming apocalypse, every element of this initiative seems entirely plausible. Fast track to this January's World Economic Forum's annual meetings in Davos, Switzerland. International news sites invested their broadcasts to the WEF's daily break-out groups and plenary presentations. The goal of  full globalization appears to be their primary golden goose. But what is good for the goose may not be good for the gander. What if today's issue for globalism is a bad idea?

There are currently 27 embroiling conflicts between world governments, vying for prominence against one another regardless of 1,000 treaties. Consequently there is a palatable fear concerning the complete disintegration of civilization as we know it. This item of globalism seeks to stop the clock of western civilization's collapse. Countless  examples of the written and spoken word are consumed with this desire to fix the fatalism of this fallen world. I am reading one of NC's Wake County Library books. Live No Lies: Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies That Sabotage Your Peace suggests a rationale that we, as individuals and not just whole nations, are at war. Author John Mark Cormer explains how. "Not with aliens from Mars, but with an enemy far more dangerous;...But unlike the War of the Worlds, our enemy isn't the figment of an overactive imagination (Orson Welles' radio depiction of H.G. Welles' classic scifi novel), there's no hoax. Our enemy is real."

When our world was in the full thralls of the coronavirus crisis, former British prime minister Gordon Brown vocally called for a "temporary form of global government". The presumptive conclusion for globalism to succeed is that individual behaviors have no individual rights - robbing us of our right to self-determination. Ray Bradbury's 1953 literary classic and perennial bestseller Fahrenheit 451 comes quickly to mind. Could globalism be Socialism, Marxism, Fascism all rolled into one? 

What can pause this kind of future? May it not be the 2023 prediction of the Doomsday Clock with mankind's impending extinction at 90 seconds to 12 noon. Genesis 11:4-6 portrays an example of globalism highlighting the often quoted, "we can be our own worst enemies" by modern humanist Friedrich Nietzsche! I have come to this conclusion, regardless of this world's opinions. "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and accept what God's will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will." (Romans 12:2)

Be not afraid. 

What if your broken past can be the means for a new beginning?

 

In Fortaleza, Brazil's fifth largest city and the capital of Ceara, along the country's northeast coast ,,,, “Carla fidgeted in her seat. She tugged at her hair, then with her wrist she brushed away the tears glistening in her eyes. The 19-year-old buried her face in shame. Ringing in her ears were Franklin Graham's words: 'Any type of sexual relationship outside of a marriage relationship between a man and a woman is a sin against God.' As a young teenager – to escape the abject poverty of her Brazilian neighborhood – Carla sold herself as a prostitute for three years. Then she met Carlos and he rescued her, The couple married and started a family. What if your broken past can be the means for a new beginning? Now, worlds away from her once sordid lifestyle, Carla couldn't shake the guilt that still haunted her. But with Franklin's next declaration, she perked up. Was there hope? Could she actually be rid of her shame? 'I want you to know that God loves you and will forgive you of that sin,' Franklin said. 'He will cleanse you, He will set you free from the guilt, and He will heal your heart and give you a new life and a new beginning. But you've got to be willing to repent of your sins and put your trust in God's Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.' When Franklin extended an invitation to the Festival of Hope audience to come forward and surrender their lives to Jesus, Carla turned to Carlos and said she wanted to go down front. God had been tugging at Carlos' heart as well, but the 21-year-old hesitated. He shook his head and said he wasn't ready. All of a sudden, the couple's young daughter began to jerk. This had happened before. It was an epileptic seizure, and as always it filled Carlos with fear. He looked toward Heaven and cried out: 'God, if you will stop this seizure, I will go forward and will give my heart to Jesus. Please, God.' Little Claudia stopped shaking. She lay perfectly calm, with a smile emerging. As relief flooded over Carlos, he and Carla heard Franklin beckon from the floor of the Arena Castelao, 'Some of you still need to come. We'll wait. You come.' Carlos jumped out of his seat, took his wife's hand and together they bounded down the long flight of steps to the soccer field below. There they met Adoneas, a volunteer Festival counselor, and with his help, they prayed to receive Christ as their Savior.” Carlos and Carla were among the 83,000 individuals who attended the two-day Festival. Accepting God's love really isn't hard to do. All we need is to be honest with ourselves and willing to ask Him for His love to fill us. A new life and a new beginning can be yours as we begin this new year of 2023.

Be Well.