An Attitude of Servitude

 

 

The attitude of the Christian

That we can’t change anything,

Is precisely the same attitude

 That the pessimist brings.

 

It will get worse, not better

According to the Bible

So, for this world to get better

Is virtually impossible.

 

2 Timothy 3

 

The reference above

Reads like today’s newspaper

In which the people of this world

Are avowed God-haters.

 

Romans 1:30

 

Haters of God:

They are despiteful and proud,

Inventors of evil things:

Such are today’s crowds.

 

 

And the Christians back away

With “We can’t change a thing!”

They hide behind church walls

And they pray and sing.

 

Praying for a better world

Meaning a new world to come

Hence, oblivious to the fact

Of Christ’s present kingdom.

 

Identifying with political leaders

As though in service to them,

“If you can’t beat them join them”

The crux of their problem.

 

Nothing will change!

Not with this defeatist attitude,

We certainly can’t change anything”

In this current mood.

 

 

Mistaking the last days

For the days in which we exist,

Having misread the book of Revelation

There is quite a bit we missed.

 

Consequently, they await heaven

Ignoring Christ’s commission

And with this attitude of servitude

Yielding to the world’s oppression.

 

Being turned up-side-down

Unlike the apostles of old

That turned their world up-side down

As in the Word we are told.

 

No attitude of servitude

Certainly not for men,

Not in the case of Peter or Paul:

This was not their problem.

 

 

There are many in Christendom

That are pathetic escapists,

Rather than light and salt the earth

They are needless alarmists.

 

An attitude of servitude

Has become their way to get by,

For some it is such a habit

They even believe their lie.

 

Ours is a life of service to God

And not of servitude to men,

All things are possible with God

To those who are His children.

 

Stewart Russell © December 10, 2020