Happy Birthday America!

“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance. From heaven the LORD looks down and sees all mankind. Psalm 33:12-13

 

We have much to celebrate as we prepare to recognize and remember the birthday of our nation on Thursday. But we also have much to be concerned with as we take a survey of the spiritual and moral landscape of our nation. Could it be true that we are forgetting God and setting aside His principles for the wishes, plans, and desires of fallen and depraved humanity? Is it possible that we are failing to remember the heritage of this country and forget that God has truly provided for us these past 237 years? Is it possible that we have grown complacent in our individual walk with Christ and because of this our nation has drifted off course and we are headed in the wrong spiritual direction? I for one, do not believe that the government of America holds the complete answers for our problems. The Bible does reveal the importance of government in the lives of the citizens of any given nation. But our true hope is the re-energizing and fresh anointing of the Spirit upon the Christian people in our nation! Is the "church" asleep at the wheel and have we allowed the enemy to convince us that we are irrelevant and of little consequence in this present world? Personally, I refuse to let the enemy have the final word; I believe that God still reigns and that He will have the final Word when it comes to the relevancy of His people on the face of this earth.

 

I read these thoughts in a devotional today. Let them speak to your heart as they did to mine.

 

"God blesses a country that honors Him, but He brings down a country that dishonors Him. It honors Him for His people to pray in earnest for righteousness to reign in religion, the work place, seats of government and the home. It dishonors the Lord when we behave like His commands are suggestions and we marginalize His mandates. Countries founded on Christ are blessed if they continue with Christ.

Where is our Christ conscientiousness? Do our actions reflect accountability to Almighty God and His ultimate judgment? Faith without the fear of God is weak and anemic in the face of moral relativism, academic attacks and the indulgences of affluence. A nation who fears the Lord fears sin and its deadly consequences. Thus, Christians are called by Christ to engage in their communities with compassion and a standard of right and wrong."

 

May God bless America in these difficult and challenging days!