Job
14:7, “For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will
sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 8
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof
die in the ground; 9 Yet through the scent of water it
will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.”
Jesus
is that water. He will renew and bring to life though the stock is
dead in the ground. You may think today that there is no hope but
just turn to Jesus. He is that hope, our only hope!
This
nation cannot afford to abandon the nation of Israel. Our refusal to
stand in the gap and support the chosen of God will only bring
confusion and destruction leading to our demise. Genesis 12:3, “And
I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee:
and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” I am
convinced that one reason our nation is suffering today is because
we, as a people have forsaken God and Israel.
Evil
and sin come upon us as a mighty hurricane, moving slowly and
methodically destroying everything in it's path. Destruction howls
like the wind, undermining the very foundation of all that we admire
and trust. Evil lurches out at the family devouring the cohesiveness
of love, trust and communication creating walls of isolation,
unbelief and contempt. Thereby neutralizing the principles upon which
our very existence is founded. Evil strikes at the heart of the
governing bodies of our societies. Beginning in our educational
systems and infecting every level of governance reaching to the seat
of our national and international institutions.
Apparently,
leaders and policy makers have forgotten that the education of our
children will invariably affect our nation and ultimately the world.
What we teach in our homes, churches, schools and universities will
establish the mindset for the succeeding generations. The guiding
principles of our forefathers are strategic and indispensable
elements to the continued survival of this nation as we have known
it. This nation was established as a democracy with governance by the
people and for the people. The ideals of love of God and country have
sustained us in all our conflict through out our history. If we allow
the name of God to be maligned and degraded, we are setting the
example for the next generation. If we allow the principles of
personal freedom and liberty to be diluted and discarded, we will pay
the price in defeat and ruin.
A
people that rejects God will be given over to their own devises and
suffer the consequences. The structure of the family has
disintegrated because we have not followed God. The health of our
churches is diminished and some have expired because we have not
followed God. Every institution, every governing body at every level
has depreciated in value and relevance because we have not followed
God.
Is
that what we want as a nation? Do we want to be abandoned by our
Creator and go it all alone? I think not. So then, what are we to do?
Moral fortitude and intellectual rhetoric can not address the plague
of sin that has consumed mankind. The answers cannot be legislated,
addressed by executive order or by a ruling by the highest court in
the land. None of these actions can put us back on course as the
human race.
I
hear the Holy Ghost saying, you can't think your way out of this. You
can't buy or spend your way out. You can't bargain, barter or
compromise. It is return to the TRUTH or go down with the sinking
ship. (The passengers on board the Titanic stood on deck as the band
played “Nearer My God to Thee,” as the ship sank.) We can carry
on our religious events void of the inspiration and revelation of God
or we can repent and allow God to forgive our sin and heal our land.
The choice is ours as an individual, as a nation and as the entire
world.
(continued to part 3)
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