What We Need In ________...

There is no doubt to anyone who spends even just a few minutes in one of our public schools today that God is needed there. Just yesterday at my son’s elementary school a fellow 1st grader became irate and began to pull hair, kick, punch, and even stab a classmate with a fork. This behavior was also directed at the teacher who tried to calm him down. His immediate punishment was to stand in the corner until his mother came. My son was in shock and it scared him and many others as well. I know that this type of incident is not just isolated to one school in one area.

Now, let me say that I do not blame this 6 year old boy as much as I blame his parents. Where did he learn such behavior? Has he ever done this at home? Where is the proper training he needs to be a good citizen? No doubt God is needed not just in our schools but in the home as well. Just today the Florida Senate passed a bill that would allow students to lead prayers at school. Not teachers, just students. I guess we should look upon this as a victory, that at least our kids can now lead a prayer without getting in trouble. In fact, before today, a student leading a prayer may have suffered worse punishment than one stabbing his classmates with a fork (that’s not based upon factual knowledge, just a thought).

That is why the title of this devotional has left a blank. We need God in our schools! We need God in our homes! We need God in our workplace! We need God in our lives! It’s time we stop sitting back and letting Satan run amuck in this world. It’s time we start standing up for what is right and taking back our homes, our jobs, our schools, and our lives and give them to God. However, we can do nothing unless we first decide that Christ is going to reign in our lives. Once we do that, we die to self and begin to live out his will in our lives and in this world (Gal. 2:20). Then we can truly begin to act for Him in the world we live in to be a positive influence on those who need Him the most!