Due Credit

 Greetings to you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

     Romans 1:24-25 says, “Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:  Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.”

     After you hear the news on the local TV stations, you come to the conclusion, “Wow.  The world is really in a mess.”  We often think, or at least I do, “What will it take to get things turned around?”  The only obvious answer is, of course, the Lord Jesus Christ.  Those things that were illegal years ago, are now accepted as the normal thing in our culture.  Humanity has turned its back on God and have gone their own way.  Our inclination is that if it seems right and feels good, it must be okay and so we accept it as the way of thinking.  I was watching the “hallmark” channel on the TV recently and it had a wedding scene in it, only the couple that were getting married were two women.  We are supposed to accept that now because the government said so.  Well, I don’t think that is going to happen in my mind at all as it is contrary to the Bible says and it certainly is not anything new but has been around for many years.  The Apostle Paul  specifically shows us the problem in the above passage.  

     God has made some beautiful things in creation.  It is quite evident in the animal world and is in fact even in the plants that grow.  Some birds and fish are so colorful that we often remark that they are beautiful creations of God and only He could do such a wonderful work.  I like “Iris” flowers as they come in such a mixture of colors and to see them up close and to examine the delicate structure is amazing.  So, I enjoy God’s Flowers and His animals but I don’t make an idol out of them, carved in wood, stone or precious metal and then worship them.  Paul mentioned that our tendency is to worship the creation rather than the Creator.  Is that so hard to understand?  Since God seems to be so far from our presence, we ignore the fruit of His attributes almost entirely.  We focus on His Love, but ignore His justice and righteousness.  While God is being ignored by humanity, God is not ignoring humanity and judgment will be coming.  We often use a statement, “Give credit where credit is due.”  Mother Nature is fictitious and didn’t do a thing.  God did it all.  Evolution is man’s attempt to come up with worldly answers to how the animals came about including men and women, but God did it all.  Look around you today and notice the things that God has made and only He could have done it and then give Him the praise.  Give credit where credit is due.