Establish a Remnant

June 30

“Now therefore, be wise, O kings; be instructed, you judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling,” Psalm 2:10,11.

“Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD,” Psalm 34:11.

"I have chosen the way of truth; I have set my heart on Your laws." Psalm 119:30.

The common link in each of these verses is the intent of propagating the truth and honor and law and respect of God. From people of high estate who are the wealth and power brokers of the world to the children of ordinary men, their responsibility is to know the Holy One, to honor Him, and to keep His law.

We live in a world that has fallen abysmally short of that mandate. We live in a nation (those of us who are citizens of the United States) that was established by our founding fathers upon the principles of the Bible and upon the law of God, but our current leaders are ambivalent at best and openly defiant at worst regarding their adherence to the truth of God that is eternal.

Our citizenry in America are more concerned with having leadership that promises their wants and desires will be fulfilled by the government than they are with assuring that our remarkable Constitution is upheld and that all citizens have the opportunity to work toward the goals they wish to attain.

The fabric of our once-great nation is being undermined from within by a corrupt leadership and an indifferent populace. How did this fall from our once-lofty position transpire? It began with the removal of Bible reading and Christian prayer from our public schools.

We, as a people, are no longer girded in the strength of Truth. We are no longer grounded in the Word of God. We aren’t allowed to use the name of Jesus in the public forum—we aren’t even supposed to say “Merry Christmas” because of political correctness run amuck!

Our leaders are foolish men who are well-schooled in the schemes of the Saul Alinskys of the world but are totally ignorant of the Truth of Jesus. They care nothing for the fact that this nation was conceived in Him and placed at His feet at its inception.

Our children are not receiving instruction in the Lord because their parents and grandparents have fallen away from the faith that made them a strong and independent people.

What can be done to remedy our dire predicament?

If anything can turn our circumstances around, it is the words of II Chronicles 7:14: “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 forgive their sins and heal their land.”

People of the world, heed the Word of the Lord! Pray for YOUR country! Pray for YOUR leaders! Pray for YOUR children! If men of faith will comply with the admonition of our God, we may transform our nations from godless entities to bastions of godliness. And if we cannot accomplish that, we will at least establish a remnant to stand against the flood of wickedness as it washes around us.