The Cycle of Democracy
I’ve read this before, but it arrived in my e-mail inbox yesterday and I got that round tuit to read it again today.
The Cycle of Democracy follows this sequence:
- From bondage to spiritual faith;
- From spiritual faith to great courage;
- From courage to liberty (rule of law);
- From liberty to abundance;
- From abundance to complacency;
- From complacency to apathy;
- From apathy to dependence;
- From dependence back into bondage (rule of men).
(Attributed to Frasier Tytler)
It reminds me of the story of the little boy who asked his mother, “Mommy, is it true that God made Adam from the dust of the earth?” His mother replied, “That is true, son.” So then he asked, “And is it true that when we die we go back to dust?” And she answered, “Yes, son – that is true.” “Well, Mommy, you’d better look under my bed,” the little guy told her, “because there’s someone either coming or going!”
As we look at our nation, we can see that indeed, it is either “Coming or going”. In fact, as we look at history it is easy to see that we are at the point of going. As a nation we have reached the point where apathy is leading to dependence which will pave the way for a despotic government to enslave a once free and prosperous land. And this leads me to the point of remembering the words of Elijah as he complained, “Lord, there is no one left but ME.” The Lord told him (essentially) “Stop whining – there are still 7,000 men who have not bowed their knee to Baal.” There are a lot of good folk left who are independent in nature and many of which are faithful to God. The question is – will we stand and be counted or allow our nation to keep sliding down the slippery slope of history to become yet another example of the relentless cycle of democracy?
It is time to seek the Lord with a whole heart. It is time to cast our cares on Him and to live as He designed us to live – walking in His Light. If we will do so we may be able to swing our nation back to spiritual faith, great courage and liberty.
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