May 13, 2009
Victory Line
In evaluating a project that’s aimed at solving a social problem, a spokesman said, “Nobody’s drawn a line in the sand to say: This is where the victory line is. We certainly have more that we can do.” If there is one thing a believer learns early in his Christian walk it’s how to draw victory lines. When we invite an unbeliever to church and he comes, it’s a victory. If he someday makes a confession of faith, it’s a victory. When he gets baptized, it’s a victory. Whether it is a social problem or a spiritual problem, there are always victories to win and “We certainly have more that we can do.”
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Gail;
-----I respectfully beg to differ with this spokesman’s statement. We have social and political elites all around us drawing definite victory lines in the realms of utopia’s perfection. They not only are drawing these lines, they are cracking the whips at our backs to drive us across them. Denying our industry its necessary fossil fuels because carbon is somehow an environmental demon is a quest to the victory line of renewable energy. Denying individual responsibility for the maintenance of your own personal health is a drive towards the victory line of communal subjection to governmental provision. Denying the responsible use of DDT, the enjoyable use of hydrogenated-vegetable oil, and all of the harping upon the evils of even sugar and table salt are the pushing, shoving, and channeling us towards their victory line of utopia. Replacing our religious affections for God with reverent reliance upon the federal state is the line into which these all merge. For at that line they presume they can preside over us as the omniscient experts of what we need, what we like, and how we interact within their controlled anthill society of collectivism. These are progressive liberals paying homage to utopian myths, brewing belief in mankind’s ability to heal itself, inspiring hope in a social convergence upon a single point of surrender just across their defined line.
-----The rest of us, who have better sense, take good care of ourselves, assist in the care of our neighbors, don’t worry that a little pollution may seep into the pristine air, and know that our bodies are strong and healthy enough to tolerate a good Snicker bar and a bag of salty popcorn every now and then. We are wise enough to know this life does not harbor utopia. It can not, because it is broken. So we proceed down the pathway of this broken life progressing from one small victory to the next, each simply called a step. And we do not draw the final line of victory, because we do not have the ability to achieve it. God has drawn that final line, and Jesus Christ will return to carry His own across it.
Love you all,
Steve Corey
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