Everything’s Changed!

Our nation is in such a great mess that any act to repair or restore it will take a lot of guts. Besides this, it’s going to be uniquely painful.

I’m intrigued with something the Holy Scriptures say in 2 Chronicles 7:14-15:

“14 if my people, who are called by my name, will 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. 15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.” (NIV)

As I said, it’s going to take a lot of guts to humble ourselves, to pray, to seek God’s face and to turn from our wicked ways. I’m convinced it’s also going to be quite painful for all of us because we’ve become quite self-sufficient in believing we do not need God in our lives and in our nation anymore.

We’ve relied on government, politics, media and other social institutions to bail us out. But now we’re beginning to see that the mess we’ve created needs an act of supernatural power that’s way beyond our human capabilities.

Despite the mess we’re in, thank God that the Scripture says, “I WILL HEAR AND WILL FORGIVE…AND HEAL…” It’s time to re-learn how to seek God and to ask Him to bail us out; but, I’m sure we both know that He’s going to make some demands on us too. His demand is to change once we’ve turned from our own humanistic ways.

I hate to say it but unless we do this, we’re inviting Armageddon in our own country.

Personally, I don’t want to see us enter another Civil War. I don’t want to see lawlessness run rampant in the streets because of our own doing.

So, the solution is quite complex and yet very easy. It’s something we can do if we try. Read 2 Chronicles 7:14-15 and follow its prescription.

Shalom,

DELL