Now that you have, what are You going to do??

Sunday November 20th, Ezekiel 34: 15 I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign LORD. 16 I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. It is a curious thing why the idea of building up the weak and destroying the strong and sleek is part of God’s plan. It does not fit with love your neighbor as yourself, as some of my neighbors, as well as myself, are the sleek and strong. Indeed one could argue that the majority of the Lutheran church would fit into the category of the sleek and strong. I think that what needs to follow is how one becomes sleek and strong. Too often, but not always, the path to becoming sleek and strong is through the peril of those who are weak. Economic systems, whether they are way on the capitalists, or way on the socialists side of the scale, tend to have winners and losers. What God seems to be concerned about is winners at the expense of losers. It is not a matter of what you have, it is a matter of how did you get it and what are you going to do with it now. Now that you have, what are You going to do?? Those of us who have, can choose to be part of the binding up and strengthening, or not. You might want to ask yourself where God stands on that issue before you answer.