Things are bad. And how long can it go on?
You might have notice a couple of bad things happening in the past few years. Right? Yeah, a couple of bad things every second of every day. There seems to be no bottom to the abyss of evil people are willing to climb down into. Just when you think you couldn’t possibly hear anything worse…somebody comes up with something worse. There might not be anything new under the sun, but how long can it go on without the whole world being destroyed?
I don’t, for even a moment, believe we humans are gonna destroy our planet by messing with the ozone, throwing trash in the ocean, or even blowing ourselves to smithereens with nuclear weapons. And don’t get me wrong, I know we should live clean and live peaceably with our neighbors as much as its within our power to do so. But I know, that as long as the earth remains there will be everything we need to live. However…
…there will come a time when this world will end.
That day might be as close as your next breath. And it might still be many, many years away. But it will happen. Because we human beings are just plain despicable to one another, and one day God is gonna say “No more!”
That’s the bad, and sinister sounding, news. Are you ready for some good news? Here it is. You were created to be eternal. Your soul (and hopefully spirit) will last forever, and you have two eternal locations to choose from. You’ve heard the old real estate adage that says it’s all about location, location, location…right? Well, that’s even more true in the case of where you’ll live forever. One location won’t have any lights or even light switches. The other will be lit up gloriously and shine like diamonds and gold. Which will you choose? And don’t wait to choose because you don’t know when it’ll be time to go.
I wrote a song, back in 1990, and this topic, and it’s pretty sinister sounding. I’m inserting the lyrics below, and you can hear a motel room recording of it on this weeks FunderCast.
How Long Can It Go On?
There…you can see firsthand…
There’s a ship of fools
On a sea of sand.
There, on a tiny, blue ball…
They’ve got their universe,
And they’re the center of it all…the center of it all.
There…it’s a race against time
On a singular quest
For the omni-enzyme.
There…they can get what they need,
But their need turns to want,
And their want turns to greed…yeah, their want turns to need.
Play with toys that they can’t afford…
Get some more when they get bored,
And the sky grows dark…and the sky grows dark.
How long can it go on? (repeat 3 times)
There…in the land of law…
There are those who see
And don’t tell what they saw.
There…where they send their best…
The kettle’s brought to a boil,
And it’s too much to digest…to much to digest.
Play with lives they don’t even know…
Head’s above, but their brain’s below,
And the sky grows dark…and the sky grows dark.
How long can it go on? (repeat 3 times)
Save us from ourselves, great God way up high.
Help us help ourselves…don’t let our spirits die.
© 1990 Tony Funderburk
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