Day after day, I mourn for our country. It is obvious that we are lost, lost in a web of confusion, apathy, nihilism, and corruption. This evening I picked up a wonderful book called The 5000 Year Leap, A Miracle that changed the World. Chapter 3 begins with a quote from the Bible that says; …thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth hating covetousness, and place them over the people to be rulers. (Exodus 18:21.) When I think of the kind of men and women who rule in America today, I cringe and say; “America, you have dug your own grave and you have only misery ahead of you.”
I listen and watch the conservative radio and television media and look for reason to hope but I see nothing but darkness. Why? Because of the verse I just quoted. You see, this was a verse that our founding fathers saw as a guiding principle that would be essential to the survival of our American ideals. In other words, the genius of our Constitution would only work when the government was administrated by virtuous men and women who feared the Lord and hated covetousness. Who can you name who fills that bill today?
There was a time when I thought we could change things at the ballot box but I have come to believe that this is futile. The thing that is missing in America is not conservative politicians. The problem is much deeper than that. It goes to the rottenness and corruption of the soul of the American people.
Last week, I was listening to Dr. Walter Williams, an economist from George Mason University on the radio. He said that he no longer spent his energy getting mad at the politicians. No, it was futile to get mad at them. The problem is us, the voters, the people of the United States of America. We are stupid, void of understanding and wisdom. We are the ones who are responsible for sending these blots to Washington to rule over us. The national soul of the people of America is hopelessly ruined and has no interest in seeking a cure. We are the grassroots. The politicians are simply a reflection and the fruits of what we desire.
The Lord says; My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. (Hosea 4:6).
The American experiment in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is over. How sad it is to think of all the men and women who shed their blood and lost their lives in defense of the American ideals and way of life. The house that our founding fathers built was not destroyed by a foreign enemy. It died from the gangrene that spoils from within. I’m sorry, I don’t see the shining city on a hill any more. I only see disgrace and corruption and a nation who hardly seems to care.
Maybe there is a hidden reason for all of this. I have noticed that the thought of the Kingdom of God has become more interesting of late. Maybe we are supposed to become like Abraham who… looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker [is] God. (Hebrews 11:10). Do we not have a Gospel of the Kingdom of God and a King we are looking for from heaven? Will He not reign with justice, righteousness, and in the fear of the Lord forever? Will He not make a new heaven and a new earth and put an end to the old order of things? My soul longs for this King and for His eternal dynasty.
I do not want to leave you with the idea that I am completely without hope. I am not. To the contrary, I believe we are moving into a new time and season when the people of our nation are going to get some new ears to hear the Gospel of the Kingdom. Before the Lord returns, the Bible is clear that the world government under the reign of the anti-christ is going to betray the people of the earth. But God is going to have a Church in the earth that is filled with a powerful message that Christ is coming to set things straight and we will say; “Repent, for the Kingdom of God is at hand!” If we are listening to the Lord and are preparing for the time that is coming, it will be our finest hour.
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