‘You will hear of wars and rumours of wars, do not be alarmed.’ Matthew 124:6
I’ve just been to a lecture on the Wars of the Roses that occurred between roughly 1453 and 1471. I was amazed at how many wars were involved, both large and small, with significant loss of life. It occurred to me that most of them were caused by people seeking power, money or land. They were wiling to kill and plunder just to get what they wanted.
Then I thought about the situation in the world today. Again there are a significant number of wars raging. There is fighting and destruction in so many countries. Human-kind does not change, we are still wanting power, land and dominion. Leaders are willing to fight, kill and destroy just to get what they want.
True dominance belongs only to God. All countries and dominions come under His domain. Countries that declare war, will themselves be defeated by other countries attacking them. Little or nothing is achieved by war, except loss of life, land, livelihoods and prosperity. Starvation is increased as crops are not tended, the standard of living goes down and the economy of the country is destroyed.
If only the world and its people would remember that every source of power belongs only to God. He alone has the right to rule the whole world