Today marks the 44th Anniversary of
the Supreme Court's Decision (by a 7 to 2 vote) to legal Abortion in the United
States.
As I was reading the Devotional - Get More Strength for the Journey
- the opening paragraphs reminded me of the need for us all to shed any measure
of complacency and become more engaged in defending the defenseless.
Joseph Stowell wrote in the
Devotional:
“How gracious He will be when you cry
for help! As soon as He hears, He will answer you” Isaiah 30:19.
"I don’t think I’ll ever forget
the story my son told me about taking his family to see the stage production of
The Lion King. A good time was being had by all until the play turned to the
point in the story where the young lion, Simba, wandered into the dangerous
valley and right into the trap of his evil uncle, Scar. The plot goes like
this.
“In order to usurp the kingdom from
his brother Mufasa, Simba’s Dad, Scar arranged for a group of hyenas to chase
the wildebeest into a stampede that would endanger little Simba and lure his
father, Mufasa, to the rescue. At which point Scar would kill Mufasa and begin
to rule as king. After the stampede ended, little Simba looked up, all alone,
to see his father lying dead on the ground. In the quietness of that moment,
with the dust and smoke still swirling on stage, little Simba began to cry,
“Help, help, help!” It was at that point in the hushed theater that my
three-year-old grandson stood up on his chair and shouted, “Why doesn’t
somebody help him?!
"It’s a reminder of a sobering
truth. Each day, scores of people within the reach of our resources are hurting
and desperately in need of someone to rush the stage of
their life and help them. And here is the issue for us: Will we just sit by and
watch like detached observers in comfortable theater seats? Or will we get
engaged and do something about it? We are called to be the extension of the
hand of God to the needy and helpless that are within our reach."
As you ponder whether or not you
should become involved, at the very least, consider the following Scripture
References:
Psalm 139:13-16
(NLT – The Words of David)
You (The Lord) made all the delicate,
inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for
making me so wonderfully complex! Your workman-ship is marvelous—how well I
know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was
woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day
of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single
day had passed.
Psalm 51:5-6
(NIV – The Words of David)
Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful
from the time my mother conceived me. Yet you desired faithfulness even in the
womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
Jeremiah
1:4-5
Now the word of the Lord came to me,
saying, Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I
consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.
Proverbs
24:10-12
Rescue those being led away to death;
hold back those staggering toward slaughter. If you say, “But we knew nothing
about this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who
guards your life know it? Will he not repay everyone according to what they
have done?
Prayerfully
– consider these things with me.
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