The oil spill in the Gulf is the result of humanity’s most basic sin – greed. It’s inborn in us all at birth. In the best sense, it ensures our survival, but we don’t “naturally” always use our best sense. Greed is our master and our hunger and thirst for energy is our downfall. Oh sure, BP will pay a high price for what may end up being their criminal negligence but the industries and people of the South will pay dearly as well.
And here is the bottom line – the fault lies within us all. We consume the earth’s energy because we feel entitled to our way of living.
The Bible tells us two things: The wages of sin is death. We reap what we sow.
The Gulf is evidence of this truth. The pelicans, fish, the livelihoods, and the LIVES of those men on the oil rig…… gone. Nature itself has been dealt a death blow because of our sin. We have sown seeds of greed and selfishness and have “reaped the whirlwind” (Hosea 8). May God have mercy on us.
Progress, pleasure and a high standard of living…. are they worth the price we are paying? And if we are to repent of our sin, what would it look like?
Sincerely in Christ,
George
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