It Is What It Is or Is It?

 

The mood was light and happy as the men and women walked through the barbed gate into the camp for the first time. Rumors of the horrible activities which defiled these secluded scenes had traveled from person to person, but no one actually believed the stories. These people were nothing more than loyal followers of their fearless leader. All they wanted was a better home with better inhabitants. They were looking forward to a “better Germany.” The joy and laughter turned to sorrow and crying as Allied troops led the German men and women of the nearby communities through each building at the concentration camp at the end of WWII. Their eyes were opened. Their Nazi leaders had been murdering thousands of people from a variety of backgrounds and nationalities. They could no longer hide behind their ignorance as they saw reality. Many later admitted to a previous knowledge of the concentration camps but had simply dismissed it from their mind. They became increasingly numb to the reality of innocent bloodshed and mass horror in their own backyard. Christians look on the Holocaust and find it difficult to believe that that many people ignored the horrors around them. However, many individuals, even Christians, seem to ignore another horrific situation, the loss of the majority of the souls around them (Matthew 7:13-14). The Lord depends on us to stay focused (Mark 5:6-20).

“It is what it is.” How many times have you heard that phrase? How many times have you said those words? What is meant by, “It is what it is?” Sometimes those words express resignation. One can hear it in the voice. One can see it in facial expressions and body language. Somebody has decided that it is what it is, and there’s nothing that can be done about it. But sometimes those words express acceptance. While some may see resignation and acceptance as synonyms, I believe there is a slight difference. Acceptance means that I need to take off my rose-colored glasses and see things as they really are. It does not necessarily mean that I must resign myself to the fact the situation can never change. I wonder what would happen if we began to view “it is what it is” as a challenge? We could be honest enough to accept things as they are but refuse to resign ourselves to them staying that way. We could roll up our sleeves and get to work making positive changes. We could use our time, our talents, and our energies in an effort to make things better than they are now. The goal would not be to improve things to satisfy ourselves. The goal would be to seek to satisfy our Creator. The evolution of world governments to a New World Order will support a religion of worshipping nature instead of nature’s God – creation rather than the Creator. Already the United Nations Sustainable Goals have influenced the world’s governments and convinced environmental agencies of many false “scientific” theories causing much of the world’s population to step back and say, “It is what it is, what do you want us to do?” The goals of the World Economic Forum 2030 is to destroy capitalism and dethrone God. Also, no one will own anything and be happy. If this is news to you, maybe you’ve been thinking “it is what it is” for too long! Totalitarianism is upon us all!

[1 Timothy 4:1-3] Reality checks are good for Christians. Apostasy numbs one to sin. “The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods…” The “Great Reset” will control everything – personal finances, thought and speech, ownership of anything, religion and worship, family, and much more. “It is what it is” until reality comes knocking on your door to enslave you.