July 4, 2011 – Wisdom 4-5

Chapter 5 sounds like something that may be said about someone like Stephen Hawkins or the author Dawkins when the end of the world comes. These are mean that lead the call for atheism and a Godless world. You may also put into this category the new age followers which has swallowed up many celebrities and countless other followers. When the end comes, they will be astonished and “they will be shaken with dreadful fear, and amazed at the unlooked for salvation.” The idea of the unlooked for salvation is something to ponder. Salvation is meant by God for everyone. The Reading for this Sunday is about the Sower and the different soils. Something I heard about this is that God does not sow seeds on just certain groups, but spreads them on everyone. He does not discriminate. Similarly, salvation is not just for certain people. Salvation is meant for all and it is our chose whether to accept it or not. In the end, all will realize and know without a doubt what their chose has been. When those that have not chosen God realize it, this verse should be running through their minds, an unlooked for salvation. Pray for all those that have turned away from God and have sought to fill that void with something else. Especially pray for those that are leading others down that path. Pray that the salvation they are not looking for or running away from breaks down the walls they have built before they no longer have the chance to change their chose.