It is customary
for me in my writings to seek to inspire hope. Hope is important. Hope in the
sense we use that word often in English means a wish about something that we
want to happen. It is a fleeting feeling. But hope in the Bible is about a
certainty of trust in God. We should have a certain hope that God is at work,
and therefore, even when things look bleak in our world we know that is not the
final world.
Here is a
good example, from
Caldron Pool,
“Recent
data from the United Kingdom suggests a renewed interest in Christianity,
reflected in rising Bible sales, increased church attendance, and shifting
patterns of belief—particularly among younger adults.
According
to NielsenIQ BookData, Bible sales in Britain increased by 19 percent last
year, reaching their highest recorded level since tracking began in 1998.
Christian
publisher SPCK Group reported that total Bible sales in the UK reached £6.3
million in the past year, more than double the figure recorded in 2019.
Sam
Richardson, chief executive of SPCK, said the figures indicate “evidence of a
significant cultural shift.”
He
said: “The significant and sustained upward trend in Bible sales suggests that
more and more people are investigating the Christian faith themselves and
seeking to draw their own conclusions about its truth.”
Richardson
said global developments, including the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic,
geopolitical conflicts, the rapid development of artificial intelligence, and
growing mental health concerns, have led many people to reconsider questions of
meaning and spirituality.
Survey
data from YouGov comparing 2018 and 2024 indicates that the proportion of
adults in Britain attending church at least once a month has risen from 8
percent to 12 percent.”[1]
I hear people
black pill about Britain all the time. Probably some of the people who do this
the worst are those who have fled Britian to come and enjoy the sunny beaches
in Australia. They talk about how Britain is being overrun, run into the
ground, and is not a good place to raise your kids anymore. But God has not
given up on Britain, as this data shows and neither should we.
For all those
who think Britain cannot come back from this situation, I encourage you to
remember Alfred the Great. In his day it looked like England would come to an
end before it had even really gotten off the ground. The Danes had overrun it,
the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were in a shambles. But it Alfred the Great took a remnant
of the power of the English and restored the nation back to its primacy in its
own lands. The rest is history.
Paganism
might look like it runs supreme again. But God is not done with Britain, he is
rising up a holy remnant,
“25 From
you comes my praise in the great congregation;
my vows I will perform before those who fear
him.
26 The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied;
those who seek him shall praise the Lord!
May your hearts live forever!
27 All the
ends of the earth shall remember
and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
shall worship before you.
28 For kingship belongs to the Lord,
and he rules over the nations.”
Psalm
22:25-28
God does not
forget those who were called by his name. Nor does he ignore those who call
upon his name. England and Britain can be restored to their Christian glory
once again. Perhaps today we are seeing the signs that it will happen in our
day?
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