Desolate (Lake)

. . . the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate.

 - From Amos 7

I guess there's no We hat earound it. If a person becomes wealthy enough, or famous, popular, or powerful enough, there will be no end to people wanting to take them down.

And it's true for nations, as well.

One of the best friends of my entire life, Mike Grabowski, once summed it up:

Other countries hate the US because we're Number One. That's why they hate Notre Dame, or the New York Yankees. Chalk it up to innate human nature. We really are not all that happy about the success of others. But imagine  . . . if we were, maybe they'd be more likely to share it with us, and others

Wealthy and powerful people are insecure people. They know what we poor people think of them (not me - - - I like everybody). Just read the news . . . . the 1% is, in some ways, always in grave danger. What came first? The 1%'s apparent tendency to hoard wealth . . . or the resentment and hate of the masses, towards people with money and power.

If you think about it . . . can you blame the rich and powerful for wanting to increase their own wealth and security? They love their families, too. And throughout history, nothing is quite as terrifying as an angry mob. And the best-fortified walled city can be toppled, if the masses want it toppled.

The rich can start sharing more . . . or the masses can stop envying so much. Either way, you will get a good result and sustained healing. Who wants to go first?

It is predictable. The reason nations fall is because we hate wealth, success, and freedom (if possessed by others). We're in a constant game of King of the Hill . . . we all want to be on top . . . but to get there you have to push others out of the way. And if we're neither able nor willing to strive for the top, we might resort to complaining about them that do make it.

God prophesied this. Wealthy nations go down, eventually. I submit to you . . . . it does not take too mystical of a prophetic gift. So far, no nation has figured out how to be the inevitable decline that follows a rise. And there are none in sight, around today, that seem capable of beating it.