day no. 16,187: anything that can't go on forever

Proverbs 29:16

When the wicked increase, transgression increases,

but the righteous will look upon their downfall.

Everywhere you look, it looks like wickedness is on the increase. It is growing in number and intensity.  Enrollment is up and grades are getting better at the university of sin. It is a state university and the alumni are in a giving mood. Fanfare is high and home jersey sales are up. Foam middle fingers and painted faces dominate the landscape. And it just keeps escalating and it’s right on your doorstep.

But the bigger they are, the harder they fall and the righteous will watch it from a front row seat. The righteous will look upon their downfall.

Anything that cannot go on forever, won't. Everything is going somewhere, and sooner or later it's going to get there. Insanity doesn't work. You can only resist reality for so long before it all comes crashing down. The meek will inherit the earth on which they're doing their end zone dances. In the middle of their celebration, they will fall... and they will never again get up.

Nothing is new under the sun. Men have attempted this kind of thing before. In the days of Noah, they tried to take over the world by forming a super-race of angelic giants. God interrupted their regularly scheduled programming with a world wide flood that dashed their dreams against the rocks. A few turns of the page later and men attempted to take over the world through a one-world government punctuated by a tower touching the heavens like a giant middle finger out of the earth. This time, God intervened with the curse of Babel. He confused their language and they turned on each other and abandoned the entire project.

That hideous strength waned.

That steam evaporated.

That muscle atrophied.

May God again send the curse of Babel upon those in cahoots to control His world. May He look down, laugh, and scatter their anthill. May they turn on each other and abandon their project and their plans altogether. God, have mercy on us and may we stand righteous in Your sight, by grace through faith in Christ alone, come what may.

Ephesians 6:10-13

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.