I led our congregation in Communion this AM. The assigned passage was Gal 1:3-5, which reads, "3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen."
As I meditated on this Scripture, the phrase, "...the present evil age..." really caught my mind. This was written 1970 years ago yet the Holy Spirit is telling Paul to write, that the Christ delivered us from "...the present evil age." WoW!
We Christians sometime get lulled into thinking that the present evil age (PEA), is the evilest of all. But, G^d is Sovereign over all, including ALL ages. I am NOT grateful for the PEA, but I am grateful to know that NOTHING escapes G^d's notice, all is within his control. We need NOT fear.
We can indeed be grateful even for this PEA. It is just one more opportunity for G^d to show Himself strong. As the verse begins, "...peace to you from G^d our Father." We can enjoy His peace, if we recognize it and put our faith in Him, not in government, not in politics, not in "health and wealth", but in G^d. Thank you L^rd that through the shed blood of the Christ, our biggest problem is already solved.
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