Every once in a while, I’ll share my true feelings with someone about what I think of this world and life in general. I’ll occasionally make statements like “I want outta here” or “It’s just another day” when asked how my day is going. I don’t generally have a pessimistic attitude toward life, though I do realize just how short most of the professing Christian world actually is from what God actually intended for His children and how He commands them to live. That truth isn’t actually encouraging now is it?

The truth is, for those who are even willing to see things as they actually are, this world and those in it are in a real mess and it’s going to take more than a superficial religious commitment to turn things around. The apostle Paul knew this well when he said the following words:

“But I am hard pressed…