President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1955)
As my mom has grown older she reflects back more and more on a way of life that has become a memory in her mind and in the mind of many others who recall how life once was in the United States of America. My mom looks around at our moral free fall and she is heartbroken. The further that we as a Nation step out on our own and away from God the sooner we will find ourselves at a destination that no individual or nation should ever want-To find themselves at odds with Almighty God.
The philosopher will smirk as he or she bathes in the glow of their own self-worth while spewing out countless words that fall like dead weight before the all-knowing God of the universe. The power hungry, movers and shakers will complete another deal while motivated by greed and the constant lust for more. While a good name and an honest way built upon the foundation of an honest word have been thrown out for fear of failure. Many leave the table of greed, success and lust starving, while the All Powerful God of the universe offers them the bread of life- The Saviour! The Lord Jesus Christ. We have fallen so far from the living God that no one seems to notice.
Those of us who call America home are blessed beyond measure, but we have forgotten Jehovah Jireh; we have forgotten that God is the provider and the protector. Our land has the distinct odor of Sodom. We should be taking the humble stance of Nineveh after Jonah the evangelist came with a message from God, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown" (Jonah 3:4b.) After the man of God preached the message of God the people of Nineveh (including the king) believed God. They fasted and they turned from their evil ways and God saw it. The Bible tells us that God, “Repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not" (Jonah3:10b.)
We need prayer warriors! We need old fashion, Daniel like praying men, women, boys and girls. We need to sound the horn and spread the word. We need to put on the whole armour of God and get down to business; on our face and our knees; in our prayer closet and in the churches. I am not quitting or giving up! How about you? Let's not live lackadaisical lives, let's live Holy Spirit filled lives. Let's not just endure lets live in victory in Christ Jesus. Let's pray while believing and believe while praying.
"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."
II Chronicles 7:14