before reading the below.. let me say that I am not one to analyse current events nor am one who claims much understanding of international affairs - and by attending tute's i can see how limited my views are... =) everyone's so smart in tutes!! i get rather intimidated somethings =) but as i was doing an assignment on why the US was attacked by terrorists on september 11.. something truly struck me...
but let me backtrack a little.. in ancient israel, we know that King David and King Solomon ruled a united Israel - and that was considered the Golden Era.. where they were relatively powerful in their region... was it because they were better than anyone else? was it because they were skilled in the art of diplomacy? come on, Ahab and Omri (the "bad" kings) had the best foreign policy of all!!! the list can go on and on... but in reality, it was because of a power vacuum in the area (meaning, lack of super-powers, eg. Assyria had not yet risen, Egypt was in a weakened state) that allowed Israel to stand up and flex her authority in the Syria-Palestine area... God orchestrated the events that allowed for Israel's Golden Era..
parallels can be drawn in America as a super-power today... the reason the US became so powerful, among other reasons, was because of a power vacuum after WWI - where Britain and France had monstrous war debts (esp to the US) and their economies were significantly weakened post-WWI...it is a simplified version of history, but it would suffice in this context.. was it because they were better than anyone else? I dont think so, and I believe that many in the world today would agree with me... instead it was the foundation on which the US was built on - the founding fathers were Puritans and Quakers - people who came to the New World to find a place where they could worship God as they saw fit...
this is an over-simplification of history as it is...but it does show the point that God is the controller of the world - nonewithstanding world affairs... and even though the world seems like it's in a mess as it is now - with the war on terrorism and civil wars that are tearing countries apart... the heart breaks at what evil man is capable of, yet there is a certain assurance that in the midst of suffering and evil, God has His hand among us... for where Your Hisis, there is freedom - freedom not necessary from physical suffering... but a liberation of the spirit to rejoice despite circumstances..
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