THE MINORITY
Professor Einstein once said that if two percent of the population of the world refused any longer to sanction war, it could never happen again. I don’t know if that would be right, but it’s cold comfort in these times of conflict and unrest. And if it is right, then where are the two percent.
Right or wrong, it does highlight the fact that most of the bad things that happen in this world happen because we let them – they happen because we, that is the people, accept them as inevitable, or we permit them because of our inactivity or apathy.
Evidently the ninety-eight percent are all around us, but if we aspire to membership of the two percent that can prevent all these bad things, then we had best do something about it.
Someone once said that the pen is mightier than the sword. Although that may sound naive in this day and age, there is more than a grain of truth in it. If we accept without question poor workmanship, indifferent service and dishonest representation, then that is what we will get. And don’t underestimate the power of public opinion. I have seen what can be done by the might of the pen in reducing the amount of pornography to which we are constantly exposed. I have had cause to complain to multi-national corporations about inferior products and have received positive responses. We do have the power to reduce the amount of sex, violence and bad language on television. Unless we do make our opinions felt the chances are that companies will believe that nothing is wrong, and if we don’t have our say on social and national issues our politicians will assume that we are contented.
One such ‘two-percenter’ lived almost 2,000 years ago. He refused to accept injustice. He condemned greed and immorality. His active campaigning lasted only four years but his actions changed the course of history. And most of us would be aware that the only reason we do not follow the example of Jesus is the fear of being a minority.
Jesus and his followers represented less than two percent of the people of his day. Yet his influence on the remainder was dramatic.
Have a good week. Pastor Ron
Optional Bible reading: Isaiah 9:6-7.
Pastor Ron Clarke JP (Mark 16:15) An e-mail from the Derwent Valley, near Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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