Sunday, May 31, 2009

Is GM going under?

I'm not an economist, but I can guarantee that the answer is an unqualified Yes.

I'm not a prophet, but I can promise that not just our banking system ... but our state and federal governments, too ... are gonna disappear.   In fact, the truth is that you're gonna lose not just your job but your house and your car, too.  And that's just the start of all the material things that will go poof.

Yikes.  What kinda gloomy prediction is that?

No prediction at all; I'm just stating facts.

One day all our businesses will close their doors, all the world's governments will shut down and all our houses and cars will disappear ... and the world as we know it, with all its financial, military and political institutions, will vanish forever.  

See, I just don't know when, and neither do you.  Nor, Scripture says, does anyone else.

But Jesus is coming back one day, and all those things will pass away: every material possession, asset and investment will vanish.  So will all of the world's careers and trophies.  Totally gone ... like, in the blink of an eye.

Stashing away your treasures (or hiding your possessions) in a cave or bank safe won't help: Christ is coming back to reign forever.  Does that sound bleak, depressing and discouraging to you?  As a believer, doesn't everything you own already belong to him?

Maybe your perspective is affected by your priorities, but I'd say the outlook ... and certainly the outcome ... doesn't sound bleak or discouraging at all.