Read 1 Peter 1, Psalm 135:13-21
The Gold
Standard
“How much better to get
wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather
than silver.” Proverbs 16:16
Prior
to 1971, the United States of America was on the Gold Standard, and
our paper money was backed by and redeemable for gold. Today, our
paper money is backed by nothing more than the credit of the United
States government and has continued to become worth less and less as
government debt has increased more and more.
Up
until around 1950, God’s Word was the standard for morality and
civil and criminal law in this country. Today, our standard for
morality and civil and criminal law in this country has seemingly
forgotten God and been replaced by the wisdom of man with disastrous
results.
Our
new age of enlightenment has given us abortion on demand,
respectable homosexuality, a 66% divorce rate, relative truth, AIDS,
drug addiction and substance abuse, pornography addiction, etc. We
have seen the Word of God banned and condoms distributed in our
public schools. Out of wedlock births have skyrocketed. Our
“liberation” from God’s moral restraints has brought more bondage
and misery instead.
Through it all, those who persevere in the faith have the ultimate
gold standard, backed by the death of and validated by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ. Whether the streets of heaven are
paved with gold doesn’t matter. What counts is that we have a future
and a hope that is incorruptible and will never fail.
Father, let my sadness and concern over the abandonment of Your
standards by so much of this world be comforted by the assurance I
have through faith that You are still in Control.
In Jesus’
name, Amen.
