Observations

 "Go, set the watchman, says the Lord, and let him declare what he sees". 

Isaiah 21:6.

It's surely a time for astute observations, so here's a few that have impressed upon me of late (the last few days) -

1. People are waking up to what is happening. To give just a few examples, there's been some really useful You Tube postings, including a discussion between Jordan Peterson and Konstantin Kisin on the need for God ( yes, you heard that right), and a new documentary on the uniqueness of the Bible. As a 60's song might have put it, the answer is 'blowing' in these winds.

2. Good theology must prevail. There have been some presentations this week by Christians on You Tube, where the theology has not been refined enough to get across what really matters on a subject in respect to truth, and this creates confusion or miss-direction. We really have to be careful to speak the truth well and with care.

3. It's pretty clear that 2020 replaced the conventional manner of doing all kinds of key things (Politics, Medicine, Journalism, Church, Science) with a 'top-down' determinism that has ruined so much. As a result, we're now living in a realm where better things once prevailed, but have now been hollowed out and almost abandoned by the new regime. It's a dreadful state of affairs, and we need to pray that those seeking to press through the malaise by their commitment to truth are heard and the mind-fog of repression evidenced in so many is cleared by such integrity.

4. Christianity is the honest evaluation of what we are and what God does about this. It means we live between the heights of God's astonishing reconciliation and the lows of our own depravity. How does this play out? More on that next time.