A Crisis In Leadership: Where Is It Heading?

I find it absolutely fascinating how God is preparing the world for a coming one-world leader - one who, according to the Scriptures, will be full of empty promises of peace and prosperity that people will quickly gravitate toward.

Last week I was in a conversation with a friend of mine and we were talking about the stalemate here in Minnesota that has led to a two-week shut down of many governmental services. Both the Republican-controlled legislature and the Democratic governor seem to have hunkered down for a long and protracted stalemate. The members of the legislature, many of whom were newly elected last fall, have heard the cry of needing to balance state spending with the revenue sources available - sort of like what you and I have to do with our families. That does not mean that we don't borrow money occasionally, but only after considering how those borrowed funds would be repaid. And the governor wants to increase taxes, howbeit only a small percentage of the Minnesota population, but also increase entitlement spending that will cause future deficits down the road. Where are the leaders?

Then one looks at the political maneuvering being done in Washington. Does it really make sense to raise the debt-limits when we are having trouble paying the debts we already have incurred as a nation? As my friend and I talked, where is the leadership?

Now look at the crises in Europe. Greece - near to default, only postponed because the government finally took drastic measures to enable it to get more money; but the people are in revolt. Italy - now joining Spain, Portugal, and Ireland as being ready to collapse monetarily. Who will step forward as leaders?

As I continue my study of the Scriptures, I only see this getting progressively worse, friends. I no longer believe that there will any "Happy Days" appearing on the scene. Like those in ancient Rome, we have become too accustomed to the "free bread" and the entitlements we believe we should have. Rome perished because of its excesses in government and because it lacked leadership. The stories of the last emperors of the Roman Empire are pitiful to read.

Bottom line, friends, the world is looking for someone to step forward, take the "bull by the horns" and give leadership. When such a person steps forward, he will be so persuasive that the people will literally follow him into hell. Such will be the person of the Antichrist. All these impasses in governments around the globe today, I believe, are merely indicators that we are getting closer to the curtain rising on the Devil's man. But, praise God, he will have term-limits! Then the eternal King will come and all will be well.