Corruption!

The godly have been swept from the land;

not one upright man remains.

All men lie in wait to shed blood;

each hunts his brother with a net.

Both hands are skilled in doing evil;

the ruler demands gifts,

the judge accepts bribes,

the powerful dictate what they desire—

they all conspire together.

The best of them is like a brier,

the most upright worse than a thorn hedge.

The day of your watchmen has come,

the day God visits you.

Now is the time of their confusion.

Micah 7:2-4



The story about the frog cooking in the pot is very old, but it is also very contemporary. If the heat is turned up slowly enough the frog doesn’t jump out of the pot. The frog sits in the ever warming water until he is cooked and dead!

The heat has been turning up ever so slowly in the U.S.A. The godly have been swept from the land by the flood of unchecked evil. Some have been swept completely away and others drowned but all who remain are soaking wet sitting in a lifeboat hoping for rescue! If you live in this country you have been corrupted by evil.

We love to point the finger at those who are more corrupt than we are and declare that everything would be fine if they would just repent and turn back to God. “Self Righteousness” is despicable even if everyone is guilty of it. Almost hitting the target is just as much a failure as missing the mark.

“Lord, show me today how I have been corrupted. Let me see myself not as others see me, but as You see me. Let me not be swept away in the flood of corruption that is sweeping across this land. Give me the courage to confess to You the sin You reveal!”