Back in the days of the typewriter, (For those of you who are too young to know about typewriters, they were machines with keys like a computer, but without the…) oh never mind! As I was saying, when I was younger and learning to type, my father made me practice by repeatedly typing the sentence, Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. I have since learned that a teacher, Charles Weller, introduced the sentence as a typing drill to increase the speed of young typists. To this day, I can nearly double my typing speed if I type only that sentence, though I have found it makes a very boring letter and confuses my recipients.
Surely Mr. Weller could not have known how apropos his little typing drill would be in 2018. No, not to nimble the fingers of young typists, but as a statement of truth, a fitting call to action! It is a fearful thing to gaze upon the weakening moral fiber of our nation, to examine the many spiritual, social, economic and political dividing lines that make us anything but, One Nation Under God. Never has there been a greater need than today for good men to come to the aid of our country.
But how does one become a good man? I believe the answer can be found in the words of an old hymn, Take my life and let it be, consecrated Lord to Thee. A man can do very little himself, but when he becomes a tool in the hand of Omnipotence, the possibilities are limitless. We need men who will give themselves wholly to God, through faith in Jesus Christ, who has purchased our forgiveness with His own blood. By His death, burial and resurrection He has earned the right to declare us innocent and restore us to a right relationship with the Almighty! All it requires on our part is personal faith, dependence upon the person of Jesus Christ. We call it, getting saved.
We celebrate our fathers this week. We also remember the fathers of our nation who forged our beloved republic in hard times. Many of them were possessed by the Spirit of God. How about you? Happy Father’s Day!