By
Wu Siu Yan
31st Jan 2002
America is a vast continent with many states. Many people suffer persecution, because of the Secret Alliance, and they move to another state. They hope things would be better in another state.
Similarly, many people around the world emigrate to countries of their dream.
They may enjoy peace for a while, but will they enjoy it for long ?
Everyone has a certain responsibility towards the society - the place where we receive our education, receive medical treatment, receive the supply of food and materials which are the cumulative work of trader/transport worker/distributor. Therefore we owe the society certain debts. If we see the ills of a society and try to escape to another state/country, and hope the evils will not follow us, we are wrong. The evils will catch up with us one day.
LORD : "... seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare." [Jer 29:7] (Note : Here LORD meant mainly moral welfare.)
The ills of a society do not come in a day, so it will not go away in a day. Therefore do not think we could correct it quickly.
Seek the welfare of the society you live in every day, no matter how small or how insignificant your effort is, and you are correcting the ills of the society.
If you do not listen to LORD and do otherwise, e.g. join secret gang, obey order, do dark work such as spying (with the false belief you are saving the world - how could you save the world while your conduct suffers wanting), ... or just simply enjoy yourself and care none of your fellow people, you are just planting more troubles/unrest to the society.
If you care not the society you live in, then, on the day of LORD's reckoning, you find yourself raped or gang-raped or tortured or killed or robbed, then you should not blame others, because today, many many people suffer being raped (sex slaves), gang-raped, torture, ... and you care not their fate.
There is no fortune nor destiny. If we want to have certain thing to happen, we must work for it. LORD will help those who help themselves.