America is a Nation founded upon laws and principles, not just man made laws but the laws God had spoken to His people when He led them out of captivity. These laws are morally and spiritually divine, simple enough for us to follow, and written for God’s people in every generation, and yet we drift so easily away because we do not write them on our hearts, teach them to our children or practice them in our halls of government.
We have drifted away slowly and followed our own ways, adding to the laws of God,believing we are wiser, more capable of ruling over ourselves and self sufficient in all of our ways.
We are the land of plenty, we are a blessed people, we have followed God before and seen times of great prosperity, power and providence, but we have fallen away from the one who has provided all these things, the LORD GOD, creator of all things the giver of life and sustainer of mankind.
It is time we throw away the things of man, fall on our faces, repent of our ways, and turn our hearts and minds back over to Him. Let us look in the mirror and see that we are the problem and plead for Gods mercy and grace, ask for His forgiveness, ask for Him to heal our homes, our families, our nation and restore us to His glory.
It is not to late for our Nation, we should have a National day of repentance, for this is where it starts. Even if we don’t have a National day of repentance, you and I can come before God and repent for our Nation, our leaders, ourselves and ask for God to restore us and help us teach others His ways.
God’s word says this:
“Do not have other gods besides me. Do not make an idol for yourself in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth. Do not bow in worship to them, and do not serve them, because I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the fathers’ iniquity to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but showing faithful love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commands. Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses his name. Be careful to remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy as the Lord your God has commanded you. You are to labor six days and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. Do not do any work — you, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, your ox or donkey, any of your livestock, or the resident alien who lives within your city gates, so that your male and female slaves may rest as you do...Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and so that you may prosper in the land the Lord your God is giving you. Do not murder. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal. Do not give dishonest testimony against your neighbor. Do not covet your neighbor’s wife or desire your neighbor’s house, his field, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”Deuteronomy 5:7-14, 16-21 CSB
““This is the command — the statutes and ordinances — the Lord your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you may follow them in the land you are about to enter and possess. Do this so that you may fear the Lord your God all the days of your life by keeping all his statutes and commands I am giving you, your son, and your grandson, and so that you may have a long life.”Deuteronomy 6:1-2 CSB
“Look, I have taught you statutes and ordinances as the Lord my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to possess.”Carefully follow them, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the eyes of the peoples. When they hear about all these statutes, they will say, ‘This great nation is indeed a wise and understanding people.’ For what great nation is there that has a god near to it as the Lord our God is to us whenever we call to him? And what great nation has righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today? “Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don’t forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.”Deuteronomy 4:5-9 CSB
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