The Lion that Devours

"Be sober-minded; be watchful.  Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour." 1 Peter 5:8
We are in danger.  Up until now, the decline of morals in our country has been a slow, but steady one.  Some of the evidences are ratings on television programs and movies, images in advertising, and the information on the internet that is available to everyone...making bombs, pornography, and blatantly sinful websites that hide behind the laws we have that protect them.  (It isn't that technology is bad, but there seem to be no limits on anything.)  And because now people live under a microscope, we see more clearly that some of those we want to trust most to govern us, cannot be trusted at all.
Yet, I fear that the enemy we should fear most is a quiet one.  He is silent and invisible.  He lives among us...comfortably non-invasive. His name is Apathy and he is more dangerous than the overtly done acts of sin.  The voices of reason and right are silenced by Complacency as well.  We are in a battle...and the time has come to choose a side.  The battle is spiritual and must be fought every day.   Our weapon?  God's holy word and a fiery, intentional determination to stand firmer than ever on the truth.  Some things are just wrong and clearly stated as such in scripture - which never changes by the way and is pertinent for every age.

Psalm 139:13-16   For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.  My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there were none of them.
Romans 1:21-28  For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error. And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.

So, you and I are wonderfully made...we are not accidents.  When you face your mirrors in the morning with doubts about that...let this verse be your mantra...and go forth.
And God's infallible word says it.  Same sex marriages are just wrong.
Let the decline of our society only strengthen our resolve to stand true to our Creator.  Press on.  Plant your feet in the word deeper than ever, and get ready to be challenged for your faith.
Don't let Apathy harden your heart from the simplest and sweetest truths of God's word.