What Happened to Capitalism? - Thoughts on Psalm 119:109

There is a lot being said today about Capitalism and Socialism.  A free market society based on a democracy without the government sticking it's hands in and trying to control it all.  We as Americans have always fought and stood for our "freedoms"... and rightly so.  Many Americans have died in the past so we can have the freedom we have, and take for granted, today.

So what does this have to do with Psalm 119:109?  "My life is continually in my hand, Yet I do not forget Thy law."

What makes a Democracy and Capitalist society great is the underlying values that support it.  A "Self-governing", morally based, hard working, caring society; all of which are founded on Christian principles and a mindset that "the world does not revolve around me" and "Love your neighbor as yourself". But when you take the foundation out of the equation you have the whole thing fall apart. Now you have selfish ambition and greed that takes advantage of the next guy for the sake of self.  When such freedom and power is left into the hands of a Godless individual nothing good comes out of it.  In His providence God gave us freedom but not without rules and divine laws. We have systematically over the past 30-40 years removed God from the home, workplace, and schools. He no longer influences the young nor those in higher learning. His ways are not observed nor is He thought of when we make daily decisions. Sunday is another normal workday and Wednesday prayer meetings are now ignored and we play golf instead. I don't have to go into the entertainment world and how much it has fallen over the years. We are increasingly entertained by the things that turn Gods stomach. Our marriages are rarely the example of Christ and His church and the Bible is hardly looked at in our homes much less lived by; it seems self-control is something we have forgotten all about.  We have earned the situation our society and country has fallen into; notice:

Dictatorship leads to a Tyranny - Tyranny leads to Anarchy - Anarchy leads to a Revolution - Revolution leads to a Democracy - Democracy leads to Socialism ( because of a lack of self restraint) and Socialism leads to a Dictatorship... such is the pattern of history. With freedom comes great responsibility... responsibility is a word we have all but forgotten.

This is what happens when you leave such freedom in the hands of a people that do not observe the law of God.... no wonder "Capitalism" is under such attack. The problem is not Capitalism... it is in the hearts of the people. An atheist today will recognize man as being corrupt and fallen. He just runs to man made principles to solve a God sized hole in the heart of man. And why not, most professing Christians aren't showing the surrounding culture anything different.

America - Mr. President - Governor - Employer - Husband/Father - Teacher and Coach;  if only we had not forgotten Him and His ways... our freedom's may not have slipped away as they seem to be.  But no matter what God is just as Glorious as He has always been and repentance is still available... Start in your home and pray for the home across the street and leave the rest in God's hands... He is not asleep at the wheel.

Best,

Scott