Heal Their Land

July 13

Where do we look for our security? Those who became adults in mid to late Twentieth Century America tend to look to our government for security. The United States has been a dominant force for decades and because of the military might of the nation, our citizens have dwelt in a cocoon of safety in spite of wars that rage elsewhere on the planet.

The attack by Moslem terrorists on September 11, 2001 was a wake-up call that alerted America and the world that the Western way of life was under assault by a world view that is intent upon establishing a world-wide Islamic caliphate, but many have either failed to recognize the fact that the attack that day was an opening salvo of Islam’s war for dominance, or have chosen to dismiss it from their minds.

In light of Western man’s seeming oblivion, which sometimes verges on collusion with the goal of the Islamists, what are citizens of America and the Western World to do? If we do nothing, we become complicit in their scheme. In circumstances like this, we feel a sense of helplessness, for we have always trusted our leaders for our protection. One thing we can do as believers in Christ is to appropriate the promise of II Chronicles 7:14, which says, “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 forgive their sin and heal their land.”

If we who call ourselves “Christians” will repent of our sin—not the sins of Hollywood or the sins of the purveyors of smut, or the war-mongers or of unbelievers in general, but OUR sins of faithlessness and indifference and complacency—perhaps our Mighty God (Isaiah 9:6) will be our Father again who forgives our disobedience and delivers us from the scourge of false religion! Let us appropriate the truth David penned in Psalm 40:4, “Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not look to the proud or turn aside to false gods.”