WHEN THE SHOE FITS, WEAR IT

Today is America's designated National Day of Prayer.  Few times in our young history have we been so far from the face of ALMIGHTY GOD.  Though we have multiple missteps that have taken us far from the way of the Founders desired of our nation, we nonetheless, have strived to attain a higher moral ground and to be an example of freedom to the world.  We have failed.  We have failed miserably. I see the culmination of our efforts and apathy every day.  I'm sure you do, too. We can no longer spotlight the sins of others when ours are so luminous they cannot even be hidden in the dark or behind closed doors.

We condone the murder of babies in the womb, overlook and tolerate so much of the world's views and pleasures that we lost our moral compass. What does integrity, truth and honesty mean to Christians, to leaders of Christians?  When we compromise integrity, fail to constrain, and fail to exact spiritual discipline when necessary, then how can we the light in a dark world?  Can we overlook deceit and reward it with position and elevate it with power and status?  I do not know, maybe it's just me who sees black and white. Is right no longer right?  Is wrong no longer wrong?  Perhaps our churches need to consider cleansing our own house before praying for a nation.  Can we put new wine into old wine skins?

“Lord, you are righteous, but this day we are covered with shame—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered us because of our unfaithfulness to you.

We and our kings, our princes and our ancestors are covered with shame, Lord, because we have sinned against you.

The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him;  we have not obeyed the Lord our God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets.  All Israel has transgressed your law and turned away, refusing to obey you.

Therefore the curses and sworn judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against you." Daniel 9:7-11

AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN...only this time, instead of Israel, it is America who has turned her back on God and allowed the transgressions against a Holy God to be glorified as something He condones and tolerates as holy and pure and permissible. FORGIVE US dear God in Heaven.   Forgive us.  We have put on the whole armor of God and have placed dirty shoes upon our feet to stand in your presence.  Forgive us for compromising YOUR WAY, to accomplish what we think is Your way, by following our own.  selahV

Comments

[the Old Adam]

The wheels are surely coming off.

But God is steadfast in His love for us, nonetheless, and will save some.

[hariette]

Hi Steve, indeed HE is steadfast. Praise His Holy name!

[Max]

"Perhaps our churches need to consider cleansing our own house before praying for a nation."

Amen Hariette! The church of the living God is the only institution on the planet that can halt this moral decay. Yet, heavenly resources to change our wicked course are not apportioned to us because we don't humble ourselves, pray, seek His face and turn from "our" wicked ways. The American church, unrepentant and prayerless, has become the problem rather than the solution. Forgive us Lord.