God Intends for Good

 

About the Muslim "problem." 

 

A very intelligent Christian friend, with whom I walk ideologically in many ways, says: "...We are allowing Islam to take root here, and we shouldn't." 

 

While we are irritated by the radical Muslims that Obama brought in, I do believe that "what man intended for evil, God intends for good." Obama wanted them to destroy this nation. That is a possibility, but here are the options as I see them.

 

1. Kill them in the streets before they kill us -- as they said they will do to us if we do not convert. Not a good idea. 

 

2. Out-vote them, but then they still take over the culture. Still not a good idea. 

 

3. Pray for the Holy Spirit to fall upon them and let them confess Jesus Christ is Lord. This is a very good idea! 

 

Christian missionaries are pretty much blocked from evangelizing the 10-40 window, which is the Muslim stronghold of the Middle East. God in His mercy has brought thousands HERE, to this land. If we walk the talk of our Christian faith, they will not help but see that the Lord is good. But therein lies the condition: we must LIVE as a Christian in obedience.

 

Perhaps....the Muslims have been brought here to wake us up and show us how truly backslid we are -- should Christian girls romp on the beach in bare-all bikinis, or dress immodestly as many do? should Christians indulge in many of the cultural abominations of the world (won't be specific -- let the Holy Spirit do the judging)? divorce, abortion, fornication -- is this walking with Christ? Can we scoff at them taking handouts from the govt when we Americans also steal from our neighbor, but use the ballot box to keep it all legal and clean (bonds, welfare, etc)? Should we be giving honor to sodomites, letting them have access to our dear children?

 

Muslims are showing us that we should not "be ashamed of the Gospel of Christ" by their example of zealous faithfulness to Allah and their Koran. If WE were only as loud and on fire as they are, we'd have our schools back, the courts would deal righteously, we would not tolerate wickedness parading in the street, etc etc etc etc etc.

 

So I said all that to say this -- is it possible for us to see the Muslims here in this country as Jesus sees them, as people who need His precious Blood to cover their sins?

 

Their "Islamic roots" don't have a chance if the ground is fertile with the good fruit of Christian values and principles.