For many people good times seem to be a temporary state of
affairs; the ideal situation comes along and before long our ownership of that happy
state is challenged by competitors or circumstances.
The perfect job or home or even relationship requires us to
defend our ownership mostly against our own doubts, rationalising or
carelessness.
There is always someone else waiting in the wings to plunder
our success and take over our prized possession. Then they tend to make a much
greater success of it just to spite us. There are laws at work here.
Our own beautiful country New Zealand is also vulnerable if
we do not make careful use of the precious resources. You don’t need to be
paranoid to see the threats; stronger nations plunder nations that fail to be
good stewards of their inheritance.
One of the reasons we know Adam was a real person is that
all of the commands given to him are still working in front of our eyes. “Be
fruitful, have dominion, subdue and rule responsibly over the land.” Genesis
1:28. When we let these basic requirements slip personally or as a nation, we
expose ourselves to greedy eyes. God can be counted on to defend New Zealand
when New Zealand honours God! It starts with you and me.
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