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Campus Principal's Message - Week 3, Term 3
As I commute to and from school each day, I've been listening to the Chronological Bible. This is where the Bible is rearranged into an accurate historical sequence in which the events actually occurred rather than its traditional groupings of Scripture. As I reflect on the bigger narrative, it's given me a few takeaways that I'd like to share.
Mission Drift
King Solomon began his reign devoted to following God, even as the nations around him worshipped other gods, usually idols made from wood and other materials. He was known for the wisdom God gave him at his own request, and he built a great and powerful kingdom. But over time, King Solomon drifted from worshipping God, giving in to the cultures that surrounded him and to the influence of his many wives from these other nations. The result was a weakened kingdom that would eventually split in two.
Even in contemporary life, organisations and individuals can lose their way and drift from their ‘true north’. It's something we talk about regularly at WCCS, as we work to stay true to our Vision and Mission.
The kings who followed Solomon didn't fare much better. Scripture records that there were 39 kings across the divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah, prior to the exile, and that 31 of them "did evil in the eyes of the Lord." Only eight did not. Isaiah 44 tells us how they built idols to worship, out of the very wood and materials God had created.
This, too, is a reminder of how hard it can be to remain true to our calling, and how easy it is to drift toward cultures or influences that seem attractive but are ultimately not good for us. It challenges me to identify the things in my own life, often material things, that I give too much importance to, and that can distract me from the things of God.
Exile
God eventually disciplined His people, allowing Jerusalem and other parts of Israel and Judah to be destroyed by the Babylonians. Most of the Israelites were removed from their land and taken to Babylon. Yet even through this, God continued to care for and love His people, even as He disciplined them.
This reminds me of God's enduring love for all of us, in good times and bad. He doesn’t change. We all know that discipline is sometimes necessary, but discipline can be administered out of deep love for the person being disciplined.
Restoration
In Ezekiel 11, God promised His people, whilst they were in exile, a fresh hope: that they would return home and that their hearts would be changed, from hearts of stone to hearts of flesh, so they could follow Him fully.
Despite the wrong in our own lives, we still worship the same God who loves us and offers us that same fresh hope today. Any hardness of heart can be transformed by the unrelenting love that God has for anyone who wants to receive it.
God bless
