Like you I read a lot about the current financial mess. Experts are all over the place in describing what should be done and whether Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke are doing the right thing. With the experts divided, it is a sign we are in uncharted water. They are making it up as they go.

This article by economist Kenneth Cone on the Real Clear Politics Web site questions whether we have the moral character to endure the size of the changes upon us.

“When our country faces a serious crisis, Americans usually pull together. That's not happening this time—instead we're bickering, finger pointing and maneuvering for political advantage. I don't question anyone's patriotism, I just think that most Americans don't appreciate the danger.”

When he says, "most American don't appreciate the danger," I think that's true. Look around. It is a time of a "false crisis" for some. Some retailers are having no recession. Restaurants are full in my neighborhood. Most are going about their business as usual. Sure we have lost a third of our wealth in the past year, but it will turn around—we hope.

NCAA basketball is front and center for many this weekend in America with the Final Four Tournament. While this is happening, the Group of 20 leaders meet in London to begin shaping a new world financial order. Which event do you think will draw the most popular attention?

We are in the midst of world-changing events, and we are sleepwalking.

Our politicians are blaming financiers while they help themselves to worthless public projects in these spending bills. The debt we are taking on is mortgaging our future. We are printing money with one hand and spending it with the other and hoping that China and the Arab oil states continue to buy our future promises to repay.

Unions blame management and management blames consumers. Main Street blames Wall Street. Wall Street blames Congress. The world blames America. And no one takes responsibility. No one is held accountable. No one is willing to sacrifice and give up entitlements for the common good.

I hear the conservative pundits defend the free market and deride the socialist trends of the new administration. I understand both the arguments. But they miss the larger point of the times and what is happening to us as a people. All partisan arguments miss the critical spiritual dimension of our times. They fail to see the spiritual handwriting on the walls of our modern times. The world is turning and when it stops, there will be a different scene in front of us.

Christ told His generation they could not discern the signs of their times. "Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time?" (Luke 12:56).

If we could see what lies beyond today's horizon, we would be stunned. God guides history and is moving in today's events to bring us closer to a day of judgment on the nations. The foundations of your life are being challenged. This should move us to reliance on Christ and the Father to see us safely through. It is time to look to God for the answers and stop relying on our wisdom.

Keep watching.

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