In my times in London, I’ve always enjoyed riding “The Tube” of the London Underground. Each time the train’s doors open, you hear the warning: “Mind the Gap!” That’s wise counsel.

For those with eyes to see and ears to hear, the West is amidst a cold civil war. It is a war of ideas, of course. To use a cliche, ideas have consequences.

Like the lyrics from one of my enduring favorite bands expressed it in “A Day In the Life,” “I read the news today, oh boy . . . .”

Well, I read the news today, too, but it wasn’t about a lucky man who’d made the grade. A day from our contemporary lives is more likely to reveal that millions of Americans apparently want a borderless nation. I don’t mean to patronize such people, but may I call their attention to definitions? A nation without borders is not a nation.

It’s interesting that they don’t see their cognitive dissonance. They lock their car doors. They lock the doors in their homes. They keep their pets on leashes or on their property, behind fences, etc. But yet they don’t seem bothered by illegal aliens entering the nation illegally, raping, pillaging, murdering, etc. That is, until the evil comes to their home. Then suddenly, reality gets real clear. But it’s too late then.

So much for “Mind the Gap!” counsel.

Will we mind the gap before it’s too late? I hear some thinkers pontificate that it’s already too late. I do not accept that. Defeatism is suicide. If you’ve already given up, I’m not sure what one might say to you. I guess you can stream more videos until your heart stops beating and eventually die. But the reality is that you died long ago, when you gave up. Let us not give in to despair. Some folks do have eyes to see and ears to hear. Not all are fools and stooges.

Paul wrote in Philippians 4:8 (ESV), “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”

That’s wisdom. That’s minding the gap. That’s not ostrich-like, head-in-the-sand Pollyannaism. That’s wisdom for those who are in Christ, for those who think God’s thoughts after him, for those whose minds are being renewed (Romans 12:1-2).

Will we mind the gap? Will we recognize that blind guides lead the foolish into the ditch (Matthew 15)? As Solomon writes again and again, “Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice?” (Proverbs 8:1, ESV). In other words, will we mind the gap?