WWJD about Y2K

USGN article
by Terry Franklin
January 1999

Happy New Year Gang! OK, I know you’re sick of these pop culture phrases I’ve used in my title. Both have gotten a tad too much mileage in my opinion, but here in this first month of the new year I wanted to add my two cents about the Y2K thing.

Right now, I’m somewhere in the middle in all this. I mean, I’m not taking my confederate flag, moving my family to the desert of New Mexico, and teaching my children how to re-load 30-06 gun ammunition. But I’m also not totally dimissing it as some ridiculous, right winged, conservative craziness. But somewhere between “lock and load” and lunacy there are some things to think about.

Question: Our coins say “In God We Trust”; do we, as a nation, still put our trust in God? If not, what do we put our trust in? If you answered no to the former question, it won’t take you long before you start coming up with items like technology and economy as an answer to the latter.

Our country worships technology. Who’s to say that God might not touch that very area that has become, for many, an idol.

Which brings us to Y2K. Is it bogus or the real deal? I honestly don’t know. But everything in me says that this nation is going to go through some things that shake us. Might be a good idea to have a little extra food laying around, some fresh water on hand, and other supplies, not to simply horde, but to use, if needed, to minister to other hurting people reaching out with the gospel. Remember all those mason jars your Grandma use to have filled with green beans, peppers, etc? She went through the Great Depression. Learn a lesson from it. It doesn’t hurt to be prepared.

And What Would Jesus Do? Well, don’t know if I can speak for Him because He has ascended to the Father and is quite busy making intercession for the saints, but we are His body, the body of Christ, and He is now living His life through us everyday. And gang, we’re more than conquerors through Him who loved us! May 1999 be your best year ever!

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