Craig Clouston

Does It Matter to Me?

Train a child in the way he should go …
Proverbs 22:6

“Look, Gretchen, if you want to fight with the school board over this issue, that’s your business. But don’t involve me, because it’s not my fight!” Luther said heatedly. “I don’t happen to agree with your perspective about our freedoms being taking away!” he added emphatically.
Gretchen was astonished. “How can you say that with a clear conscience? By not taking a stand against the removal of God from every part of our society, or when liberal teachers try to pass off smut for legitimate reading material, you passively take their side!”
“I've taught my children the difference between creationism and evolution, I’ll have you know!” he fired back. “And they know about those smutty books too. I've forbidden them to read them!” He argued. “If more parents took care of these things at home, it wouldn't matter what these liberal-minded lobbyists did. And we wouldn't be having this battle!” he finished, face flushed in irritation.
“You're right about parents needing to take an active role in reading assigned materials in the home prior to their children being given an assignment. But as parents, our responsibility goes much deeper than that. Your children may know the difference between what is ethical and what is immoral,” she interjected. “But what about your grandchildren? And what makes you think your kids won’t read those books anyway? Or don’t you care?” Gretchen couldn't believe how anyone could explain away their responsibility to take a stand against the advancement of evil.

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Silence among the Christian community has been the greatest proponent to the propagation of evolution and removal of our entire belief system from not only our public schools, but society as a whole. According to scripture there are very few times we have the option of whether to engage the enemy or not.
The 'it’s-not-my-fight' mentality, where we neither have the time nor wish to be connected to anything that might make us look like a zealot, is too prevalent in the body of Christ today. We say ridiculous things like, “I don’t want to make anybody angry; I just want to be Jesus to them; or People will think I'm intolerant.”
Be assured: Jesus would not tolerate what we allow because of our fear of man. And with that knowledge we must ask ourselves: does it matter to me?
Silence in the face of immorality is apathy. Nobody is perfect, and many of us wish we'd made better choices along the way. But now is not the time to let Satan remind you of the past, or scare you into submission with whispers of unpopularity and reprisal. Each generation slips a little further from God's truth. Don't let that be because of you.

Prayer

“Lord, give me the sense and courage to take a stand and be willing to defend our freedom of religion. In Jesus’ Name, amen.”