Nations today would do well to learn from, rather than scorn, Israel. Israel was a nation raised up by the hand of Jehovah… led out of slavery in Egypt and established in the promised land with quite a powerful impact. However, the people strayed from submission to God and began to imitate the worship of other nations for their pagan gods. Over time their behaviors no longer separated them from other nations. They blended and “fit in” with the pagan landscape of nations. I see many similarities in regards to the founding of the USA, which now wanders farther and farther away from our Christian heritage in the name of tolerance and freedom. Our Father has much higher expectations for us than that. Do not be so arrogant as to think that He will not take away His hand of blessing or even discipline us as He did Israel for our disobedience and unholy behavior.
We need to pray now for national revival and work politically and in our communities to fight for our Christian faith and beliefs and heritage in our nation. Let us not wait until we are scattered to repent as individuals and a nation.
God Implored to Rescue His People from Their Calamities.
For the choir director; set to El Shoshannim; Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.
1Oh, give ear, Shepherd of Israel,
You who lead Joseph like a flock;
You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!
2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your power
And come to save us!
3O God, restore us
And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.
4O LORD God of hosts,
How long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people?
5You have fed them with the bread of tears,
And You have made them to drink tears in large measure.
6You make us an object of contention to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
7O God of hosts, restore us
And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.
8You removed a vine from Egypt;
You drove out the nations and planted it.
9You cleared the ground before it,
And it took deep root and filled the land.
10The mountains were covered with its shadow,
And the cedars of God with its boughs.
11It was sending out its branches to the sea
And its shoots to the River.
12Why have You broken down its hedges,
So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
13A boar from the forest eats it away
And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.
14O God of hosts, turn again now, we beseech You;
Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,
15Even the shoot which Your right hand has planted,
And on the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself.
16It is burned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
17Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.
18Then we shall not turn back from You;
Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
19O LORD God of hosts, restore us;
Cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.
No person or people are ever “too far gone” for God’s mighty hand to save. Let us celebrate our Christian heritage and founding. Let us celebrate our Hebrew roots as well. After all, the Hebrew roots are indeed foundational to proper understanding of and relationship with our Lord and Father. Repent personally, pray for yourself and others and for our nation. Get involved in communities, churches governments. Do not accept that the current degrading state of affairs is the best we can do. Let us live for and fight for our Lord and what He instructs us to do.
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