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Jun 19, 2012

William Wilberforce on Looking the Other Way

English: Portrait of a Gentleman (Mr. Wilberforce)

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“You may choose to look the other way, but you can never say again that you did not know.” ~ William Wilberforce

NOTES:

  • William Wilberforce (1759 – 1833) was one of Britain’s leading abolitionists. As a Member of Parliament, he championed the campaign against slavery for decades, resulting in the passage of the Slave Trade Act of 1807.
  • I highly recommend the movie, Amazing Grace, which chronicles Wilberforce’s twenty-six year battle to abolish the slave trade in England.

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May 4, 2012

The Underground Railroad and Freedom in Christ

I wasn’t willing and I knew it. I kept my window seat as our new traveling companion sat down in the aisle seat next to my husband. She smiled warmly when we introduced ourselves and several times later during the three-hour flight. I had some things to do, but if I had been open to God’s leading, I would’ve offered her the window seat right away when she arrived so I could then sit next to her, chat, and find out her interest in spiritual things. I knew God was speaking to me in my heart and mind and yet I didn’t follow His leading.

A week later, we were returning home on a 757 and I was sitting by the window again. As usual, I preferred to do some things during the flight, but at the same time I didn’t want to repeat what happened on the previous flight. We watched as dozens of travelers walked past us and the third seat remained empty. More than twenty minutes later, Sananda arrived. We introduced ourselves, but I stayed in my seat, with my husband sitting between Sananda and myself. Shortly after we were in the air, both Sananda and my husband got up, so God graciously gave me another opportunity. I knew He forgave me for my self-centeredness and for my lack of love for someone created in His image, but I didn’t want to disobey Him again.

When Sananda came back to her seat, I offered, “Would you like the window seat?”

Sananda broke into a huge smile of delight. “Are you sure?” she asked.

“Yes,” I said. “I had the window seat on the flight up.”

After Sananda settled in, we offered her some food, which she gratefully accepted. She’d been detained from her connection and hadn’t been able to buy a dinner in the airport.

Normally, I keep tracts with me, but because of the space limitations, all my tracts were in my carry-on bag in the overhead bin, so I knew I would need to trust God to do things differently. I had some needlework with me, making quilt patterns on plastic canvas, so I pulled them out to work on them. I could tell Sananda was watching what I was doing.

I already knew Sanada had been visiting family in Canada and was originally from Guyana, so I asked her if she knew about the history of quilts in the underground railroad. I explained how the different quilt patterns contained hidden messages for slaves escaping to Canada.

I had extra supplies, so I taught her how to do plastic canvas needlepoint. She practiced stitching while we talked about her job and her three sons. The conversation wasn’t changing to spiritual topics and we were approaching our destination.

“Are you interested in spiritual things, Sananda?” I finally asked.

She already knew I am a missionary, so she said she knew some Christians, and that she was Hindu. “My sisters are Christians. In our culture, you take the religion of your husband.”

“So, your husband is Hindu?”

“Yes, we come from the same village in Guyana.”

My heart went out to her that she would be discouraged from making her own personal choice and that she could strain her relationship with her husband if she considered Jesus Christ.

By the end of the flight Sananda considered me her friend and wanted to stay in touch. We exchanged emails and I promised I would look for her on Facebook.

My husband pulled my carry-on bag down for me and I pulled out a Passage tract to give her. I opened the booklet and read the first sentence to her. “In pre-Civil War America, thousands of African Americans escaped to freedom by way of the underground railroad, a secret network of relationships and safe houses.” I handed the tract to her and encouraged her to write me if she has any questions about Christianity.

I hope I learned my lesson as “a slave of Christ” to freely and joyfully allow God to dictate how I should spend my time, especially when I am around others. What He asks of me is better than what I might choose. For me, I was in bondage, selfishly clinging to “my time” as we flew north even to an area that was significant during the time of the underground railroad. What a difference to know freedom in Christ as I obeyed Him on our flight home.

“Well then, since God’s grace has set us free from the law, does that mean we can go on sinning? Of course not! Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living.”
~ Romans 6: 15 – 16 NLT

Reposted from 10/2010 © Sus Schmitt

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May 4, 2012

Facing Evil by Bethany

A museum display of a cockroach infestation of a kitchen.

I opened the cabinet door on Wednesday afternoon, and I was immediately faced with a decision. In Florida, cockroaches abound, so I wasn’t entirely surprised when I found one staring back at me. However, I was tired, so I really just wanted to shut the door again and go back to what I was doing. The problem with that, though, is I knew that if I didn’t face the roach then, I would probably face him later. Isn’t that how those things work? So I decided to face him. I pulled a chair over, grabbed my shoe, and began pulling things out of the cabinet. My mom came into the kitchen and asked me what I was doing.

“I’m writing a blog post.”

Of course! Because I usually write my blog posts standing on a chair in the kitchen looking into a cabinet. But in all seriousness, I started thinking about this little roach and the lessons he was teaching me. When I’m exposed to evil, I want to do the same thing. I want to close the cabinet door and pretend that I never saw it in the first place. The problem is, I did see it. I know it’s there. That makes me responsible. If I don’t face it, who will?

William Wilberforce once said,

You may choose to look the other way, but you can never say again that you did not know.

Slavery still exists, and you know about it. Will you face it? Will you do something?

Guest Post by: Bethany

NOTES:

  • My friend’s daughter is wearing one dress for one year to raise $100,000 to fight human trafficking.  She is blogging daily (this post is from Day 45) and has passed the 100-day mark.  Her blog is one dress. one year. for freedom.
  • I included Bethany’s entire post and her link if you would like to help her fight human trafficking.
  • The image is disgusting, but evil is, too, so I chose to use it.  It’s from a museum display and is available on Wikimedia Commons.

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Jan 10, 2012

The Girl Effect

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To learn more about how helping girls and women makes a significant difference in many countries, read Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by award-winning authors, Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. (It’s graphic and hard-to-read at times, but an important book for us so we are correctly informed about gendercide, human trafficking, and other issues.)

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Dec 21, 2011

Clinging to Convictions in a Culture of Compromise

Hanukkah 2011 – Dec. 21-28, 2011

“In the same way, let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.” ~ Matthew 5:16

Are you shining your light in the darkness that surrounds you?

Hanukkah is called the Festival of lights. It is a celebration of God’s miracles, and faithfulness. It is story of dedication. It is a celebration for courageous people who would rather die than compromise.

The back story starts with Alexander the Great conquering the world. As he conquered a people, he conquered their culture, making the Greek language, thought, custom and philosophy the standard. As Israel was conquered, many Jews accepted the Greek culture and lived a Hellenistic lifestyle, glorifying themselves, rather than God. Yet, some Jews continued to cling to His Word.

Alexander died in 323 B.C., but the Greek culture continued as his four generals divided his kingdom into four parts exactly as predicted by Daniel almost 200 years earlier (Daniel 8:8, 22). Several generations later, Antiochus Epiphanes (meaning “god manifest”) became the demented ruler over one of those parts. True to his name, he made statues of himself and ordered people to worship him. Sadly, the Hellenistic Jews had discarded God’s Word that told them what would happen next.

In a rage, after the loss of a battle, Antiochus Epiphanes ordered Jerusalem to be destroyed (foretold in Daniel 11:29-31). The city was destroyed and its citizens were either killed or sold into slavery, including the compromising Jews. The Temple was stripped of its wealth, and partly destroyed. Then, on Zeus’ birthday (December 25), Antiochus Epiphanes erected an idol of Zeus in the temple and sacrificed a pig on the altar in the Holy Temple, dedicating the temple to Zeus.

As Antiochus Epiphanes continued to kill the Jews, a priestly family from the line of Aaron was hidden away in the mountains. The priest Mattathias would not compromise and soon formed a small army of common people, willing to stand for what is right. This tiny resistance army came to be called the Maccabees, meaning hammer.

Through faithful men, the Lord overthrew the huge Greek army and they took Jerusalem back. As they prepared to purify God’s Holy Temple, they discovered only enough oil to light the holy lamp for one day, but they needed oil for eight. They decided to not wait, but burn it anyway. The menorah miraculously burned for eight days until new oil was made.

Points to Ponder and Pray

“Hanukkah” is Hebrew for dedication. It has nothing to do with Christmas, but rather is a story of dedication and incredible conviction to follow God in a culture of compromise. Those who remained faithful did so with awesome courage. Women who circumcised their children were killed and their babies hung around their necks. Jews who continued to study God’s Word were boiled alive, as they looked forward to a better life to come (Hebrews 11:35; Daniel 11:33-34). The Jews viewed Hanukkah as a time of dedication, and a time to reflect on the miracles of God.

It is a Holy Day for both Jews and Christians to remember and to learn from. It is a holiday of light…of shining light in a very dark world. Do you shine your light in this dark world (Matthew 5:16)?

The history of Hanukkah is very important and should be passed on to our children. Already, our culture parallels the Hellenistic values introduced by Alexander the Great. Will your children stand and not back down? Will they find God’s Word, relevant and believe God will sustain their faith as they look forward to a better day, full of His light?

One lesson to learn is God uses ordinary people. When you trust God with the small things, He will do miraculous things through you. Conversely, if you compromise on the small things, it is easier to compromise the big things. Will you stand and be of good courage, and allow God to fight for you? Greater is He who is in you, then He who is in the world (Romans 12:21).

Are you compromised by the surrounding culture? Secular Humanism is the new face of Hellenism and it is raging in America today. America is filled with people who take pride in making their own decisions because they know what is right and best for them. They view the Bible as archaic, not relevant to the modern world. Thus they rely on their own minds to determine their own course of action and not depend on God. They view themselves as the ultimate in the universe, free to determine their own actions as they arrogantly decide what is good and right…and wrongly conclude God is neither. Do these characteristics describe you? Does God’s Word direct your steps (Psalm 119:105)? Would you rather die than compromise? Do you cling to the hope of the Resurrection and a better life to come?

Antiochus Epiphanes is a type of the antichrist. During the end times, the antichrist will seek to annihilate the Jews, as he erects statutes of himself (not Zeus) and sacrifices a pig in God’s Holy Temple in Jerusalem. But, that’s another story. Make no mistake and do not compromise! Rest assured the final chapter of history will conclude with all men falling to their knees, as they acknowledge Jesus as the true Lord of All (Daniel 7:13; Revelation 7:12).

Maranatha. Jesus is coming soon and bringing His reward with Him. Are you ready? Is your family ready?

This entire post is used by permission from Moving Forward on Our Knees and is edited slightly.

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