I realized this morning that today is Earth Day. Of course, do I really care? Should I just scoff? Should I just shrug it off as one more liberal/environmental wacko nonsense? There was a time when that would have been my position [ok, let's be honest, that was just this morning].
Anyway, as I was thinking about all the Earth Day stuff, it kind of hit me, while we [speaking for Christians now] should certainly not worship the Earth, as some people do, regardless of whether they know it or not, but why not take advantage of this day, which was meant to be a totally secular day, and use it to praise God, and thank Him for the awesome Creation that He has made?
God gave us the Earth for humans to use and rule over, and, as with everything else He has given us, we do need to be responsible and be good stewards of it.
I have no issue with reasonable, rational, and responsible environmentalism, in fact, I would think that we should see that as doing the right thing. What I object to is all the crazies that try to tell us how we must live our lives in order to "save the planet." Of course, as I've said before, most of the crazy stuff that they want us to do would not "save the planet" even if it did need saving, but honestly, a lot of the stuff that they push on us all the time would have the effect of hurting the environment, but they get idea's in their heads, and no amount of facts will convince them that they are wrong.
As a Christian, I take comfort in the fact that God is in control, and that He has promised us that we will not destroy ourselves, as is the claim of the Environmentalist movement. Genesis 8:22 says, " While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease." So take heart, that's a promise from Almighty God. This doesn't mean that we can't, through carelessness, cause small scale problems, even semi-large scale problems or disasters, but God is in control of it all.
There have been, in recent days, quite a few Churches and Christian groups that have gotten in bed with the Environmentalist lobby, saying, hey we agree on this, so we'll work together, but this is never a good idea. This is what is being talked about in 2 Corinthians 6:14 when it says, "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?" Yes, it's talking about a lot of things, including marriage, but it's not limited to that. Remember, a large portion of the environmental movement are not simply not Christians, but are openly hostile to nearly everything that Christians believe and stand for, up to, and including Christ Himself.
Anyway, I'm all for taking this Secular Pseudo-Holiday and using it as a special reason to thank and Praise God.
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Romans says that people worship the Creator or the creation. I think that "save the planet" people have good intentions, and that is their cause. Ours, of course, is the cause of Christ. People misdirect their worship a lot, including myself. I'm with you. We should be environmental with the intentions of praising and honoring the Creator of the earth. I actually heard a parent in the school office call Earth Day a bunch of nonsense, and then he left by saying "God Bless". I would call that an unbalanced response. Great blog. Good thoughts.
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