What Society Looks Like Without God…..

As I read through Deuteronomy 28, I come across the curses God tells Israel they will experience if they are not obedient to Him. These curses range from sicknesses to cannibalism. Two things stand out to me, that a life without God (not living in obedience to Him) brings. First, the population in general grows a cold and hardened heart. Evidence of this is when the people start to show no respect for the old and no pity for the young. In America right now, physician’s assisted suicide is legal in several states including giving care-takers the right to starve dementia patients, by denying them food and water. How sick is that? Look at the abortion issue. In several states it’s now legal to kill a baby right at birth. Does this fit into the statement, “show no respect for the old and no pity for the young”? Secondly, when a people rebel in disobedience, God allows the people to experience fear, uncertainty, hearts to tremble, and souls to despair. These leads to no peace, and no rest. If you look at our society, do you see people struggling to find peace? Do you see fear, uncertainty, and despair running rampant? Do you see people longing for significance, never finding it and ending their life because they can find rest for their soul? This is what happens to a people who aren’t reverential towards God. It’s what America looks like today. People will never find peace, love, and rest for their souls, as long as they are searching for it without God. Their searching will be in vain. I know we are not Israel, so God never cursed us with detailed curses. But you just have to wonder, when a nation is founded on principles rooted in scripture, then abandons those principles, expecting to find continued blessings, you have to wonder if this passage correlates to how God treats those that abandon Him and teach others to do the same.

49 “The Lord will bring a distant nation against you from the end of the earth, and it will swoop down on you like a vulture. It is a nation whose language you do not understand, 50 a fierce and heartless nation that shows no respect for the old and no pity for the young. Deuteronomy 28:49-50

There among those nations you will find no peace or place to rest. And the Lord will cause your heart to tremble, your eyesight to fail, and your soul to despair. 66 Your life will constantly hang in the balance. Deuteronomy 28:65-66a