I woke up this morning with an INTENSE hatred in my heart for this world. NOT the people of this world but the systems and ways of this world. I HATE life on earth. I mean I hate this world system! I know hate is a very strong word and I don’t use it lightly. But I mean just this: I hate [abhor, despise, detest, loathe, deplore] with an intense feeling the ways of this world.
The things this world seems to love, I hate. I hate the injustice I see in government & politics, business and the judicial system. I hate that people are so stingy and selfish. There are trillions of dollars floating around in the stock market and those who hold the vast majority of that wealth have found ways to not even share millions towards the taxes they should pay. People have pitted themselves against each other over trivial things, such as skin color or social status. I have a burning desire to see capitalism fall a mighty tumble! How can the pursuit of wealth be more important than taking care of the less fortunate, widows, orphans and underserved in our communities? What joy and happiness can be found in the demise of your perceived enemies? This world cannot seem to grasp even the slightest sense of remorse for the deep dive into immorality and perversion that is fueling the depravity of our society. I literally hate that we have to have specialized units of police and investigators who search out child predators and pedophiles, EVERY DAY. The idolatry of politics has become the religion of the so called “Evangelical Christians”. Politicians have put a new spin on the word HYPOCRISY. People are dying from disease and illnesses every moment of every day simply because they refuse to acknowledge their lack of restraint and their chase of lusts. In other words, people are going to hell simply because they will not deal with their guilt, shame and refusal to change. This world is horrible! and I refuse to love any part of it’s systems, influence or chaotic behavior.
Oh sure, there have been my moments of joy, happiness and peace. I’m not gonna be a hypocrite. I had enjoyed the pursuits of this world during “my day”. Let her without sin… Heck. I was the chief sinner and at times I gave no thoughts whatsoever to God or His holiness. No. I was going to do what I thought was right in my own eyes. I suffered the consequences of that too.
Nevertheless, I can’t help but think of what this world would have been like without sin, evil and shame… What would this world be like without satan having won a battle in the garden of Eden? I can’t help but wonder how different my life would have been without me lusting and desiring after things and people. It was that lust of things of this world which caused me to miss out on the blessings of God in my early life. It was my desire to have what the world around me has which drove me to do 98% of the things I did to fit in, be accepted and feel a part of something. I was very worldly yet I was as empty and devoid of life as the planet was before God created life here on earth.
The things of this world that God provides for us are good. Every good and perfect gift is from above. In the past, most of those provisions, I had taken for granted. Clothing, food, shelter, a vehicle all serve to make me comfortable and let me live in relative ease. Yet I don’t love these things. I’m grateful, but I don’t love them. The house, the clothes, the car. Yes, they are necessary, definitely blessings from God. But I refuse to love them. God has promised me more than things that will rust, dissolve and pass away. I am overwhelmed by the generosity He shows me daily. But I am not going to love the things of this world that God gives me to live a beautiful life. NO THANK YOU.
The Bible says in I John 2: 15-17, “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.” (NKJV) This is the way the Message Bible expresses the same verse: “Don’t love the world’s ways. Don’t love the world’s goods. Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father. Practically everything that goes on in the world—wanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, wanting to appear important—has nothing to do with the Father. It just isolates you from him. The world and all its wanting, wanting, wanting is on the way out—but whoever does what God wants is set for eternity.”
I guess that Word about sums up what I am feeling today (and always). Call me crazy. Call me an extremist. Call me whatever you like, but I hate this world and I look forward to that Great Gettin’ Up Mornin’ (as my great grandmother would have said), when everything corruptible will be done away with and the power, majesty and rule of Jesus will set everything straight on this planet. I can’t wait until I can love this world like it was intended for me to do all along. Until then, I hate this world!
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