What's the Harm?

Recently, President Trump signed an executive order that stipulated that all official government buildings were to fly only official flags on all their facilities. That means that only flags that have been determined by the government to be “official” can be flown at buildings such as social security facilities, state and city municipal buildings, court facilities, and such.

The Trump administration has continued to attempt to enforce what most people with a logical mind can understand to be reasonable actions and activities. We have seen this effort primarily in his executive orders mandating such things as female only participation in female sports (I know, that seems to be rather superfluous, but we know that today what constitutes a woman is strangely controversial). These actions are in keeping with the president’s campaign promises to return sanity to so many areas which, under the previous administration, had lost all semblance of order and reason.

As we know, however, human nature being what it is, wickedness and aberrant thinking will not go silently and peacefully into the night. You may have guessed by now that many localities, rather than submitting to a simple and logical mandate have determined that the way for them to get around such demands is to simply redefine what an official flag is. That has happened, for example, with the monstrosity that passes for the flag of the LGBTQ+ “community.” That flag, an amalgamation of colors that has no rhyme or reason, is now flown by several jurisdictions which have passed legislation making it an official flag of that particular municipality.

As with so many things, this particular battle is a clear demonstration that we who call ourselves by the name of Christ cannot simply rest on our laurels because the federal government is passing laws or orders that seem to return the country to seeming normalcy. Evil does not rest and, what today is a trend to return to a measure of sanity will likely be rolled back as soon as the forces of the left are back in power. Believe it or not, many of our fellow countrymen are of the mind that such insanity is good and wholesome or, at best, will simply shrug and say, “what’s the harm?”

And so, “what’s the harm” has become the default state of many who simply don’t want to do the hard work of standing for the right. That mantra has been the cause of untold harm because it gives people an excuse to allow anything that does not directly impact them. What’s the harm? For starters, God has determined what is good and what is evil and to go against His will is to create untold damage for society. In addition, we see the harm such attitudes create when we allow people to think that their deviance is somehow good and wholesome. It goes without saying that the homosexual lifestyle, just to mention one, is extremely destructive to those involved in it and society in general. To simply allow people to think that a behavior that will eventually lead them to hell is fine because “what’s the harm?” is wicked to the utmost.

No doubt it is hard to stand against all the wickedness that characterizes our society today. We have been called to be different, however, and although it may be hard and it may be dangerous, our God calls us to stand against the tide. In the end, God will vindicate His own and our work will “not be in vain” (1 Corinthians 15:28).