His Unspeakable GIFT
Our nation seems to be unraveling. Those who are 'of a certain age' remember an America that was strong and free, an America that, as John Kennedy said, would, "...fight any foe, pay any price..." to defend freedom.
Yet we seem to be at a juncture in time when we will gladly toss our liberty into the trash bin of history in exchange for the license to live our lives without moral restraint.
We are willing to exchange our religious TRUTH for a hodge-poge of falsehood.
We are willing to exchange "government of the people, by the people, for the people," for a government that doles out of the largess of the workers of the land to anyone who holds his hand out.
How have we arrived at this condition? How have we become a people who accept the lies that our textbooks and our government are spewing to our young people and to our voters?
Perhaps the answer in its entirety lies in our mass abandonment of the TRUTH that sets men free. Perhaps our economic decline, our military decline, our decline in prestige around the world is directly related to our decrease in faith in the ONE who died to set men free.
As we have turned our backs upon JESUS, perhaps HE has turned HIS back upon us. Indeed, all the 'presents' of the world were ours when we honored HIS PRESENCE in our midst.
Can we as individuals and as a people turn our hearts and our lives back to our SAVIOR again? Can we as individuals and as a people return to the GOD who made us great? Can we as individuals and as a people humble ourselves before HIM and confess our sin so that HE may forgive us and restore us to HIMSELF and heal our land?
Can we pray: "LORD JESUS, we hunger for Your truth; we perish in the deception of Your ancient foe and we seek a move of YOUR HOLY SPIRIT among us to deliver us from the folly we have allowed to befall us. We implore YOU to move among us, to stir our hearts, to revive our spirits, to restore us to faith in YOU!
Oh Holy One of Israel, hear the cries of Your people who love You and long to see You reclaim Your place as LORD OF OUR HEARTS AND LORD OF OUR LAND!
Revive us! Restore Your PRESENCE among us!
We are willing to exchange "government of the people, by the people, for the people," for a government that doles out of the largess of the workers of the land to anyone who holds his hand out.
How have we arrived at this condition? How have we become a people who accept the lies that our textbooks and our government are spewing to our young people and to our voters?
Perhaps the answer in its entirety lies in our mass abandonment of the TRUTH that sets men free. Perhaps our economic decline, our military decline, our decline in prestige around the world is directly related to our decrease in faith in the ONE who died to set men free.
As we have turned our backs upon JESUS, perhaps HE has turned HIS back upon us. Indeed, all the 'presents' of the world were ours when we honored HIS PRESENCE in our midst.
Can we as individuals and as a people turn our hearts and our lives back to our SAVIOR again? Can we as individuals and as a people return to the GOD who made us great? Can we as individuals and as a people humble ourselves before HIM and confess our sin so that HE may forgive us and restore us to HIMSELF and heal our land?
Can we pray: "LORD JESUS, we hunger for Your truth; we perish in the deception of Your ancient foe and we seek a move of YOUR HOLY SPIRIT among us to deliver us from the folly we have allowed to befall us. We implore YOU to move among us, to stir our hearts, to revive our spirits, to restore us to faith in YOU!
Oh Holy One of Israel, hear the cries of Your people who love You and long to see You reclaim Your place as LORD OF OUR HEARTS AND LORD OF OUR LAND!
Revive us! Restore Your PRESENCE among us!
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