Cynicism and complacency
You
have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?”
When
you say, “Everyone who does what is evil is good in the Lord’s sight, and He is
pleased with them,” or “Where is the God of justice?”
(Malachi 2:17)
The cynic flatters himself or herself
as a hard-eyed realist, a down-to-earth, unfazed, practical person of
experience—especially in comparison with "the idiots who maintain some
kind of fool hope or optimism." The cynic has been there, done that, and
been disappointed. Won't do that again—no way! Won't feel that way again—not on
your life!
“I won't be tricked into hope—I’m too
street-smart for that.”
Cynicism often leads to complacency.
Just because those who defy God’s law have often seemed immune to any
retribution or worse still seem to propers, it does not give us the licence to
be complacent. The Lord’s sense of time is very different from ours.
Complacency is the biggest killer and
a silent time-bomb. Many industrial accidents were due to carelessness and
complacency of those in charge of safety. The sinking of the Titanic had killed
many lives mainly due to complacency. They thought the ship was so huge and so
well constructed that it will never sink - and hence only prepared for half the
lifeboats needed.
Likewise, our lives are relatively
comfortable; we may even feel superior in terms of intellectual and material
resources we possessed. Often times, we Christians live life that is no
different from that of the world. Cynicism and complacency infect everyone of
us.
Let us heed the words of Malachi,
especially in 3: 17 “On the day when I
act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my treasured possession. I will
spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him.
18 And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked,
between those who serve God and those who do not.”
posted by Jeremy Wong @ 2:01 PM
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