Psalm 33:12 tells us "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord." Having celebrated July 4th this week we look back at our very storied history and see those who paid a great cost to pursue freedom. This freedom also included the freedom to worship the Lord. If we fast forward to our current time we see that freedom is indeed still a pursuit, but the definitions are not the same. It is important that as a nation we not forget our foundations and what this country was built on and that was Godly principles and faith in Christ. As this country was established and governments were started and leaders elected, we can look throughout all that and find some very important, but yet convicting statements that were said by former leaders, presidents and other officials to get a real perspective of where things once were and sadly where they are now. President George Washington once said these powerful and truthful words, "it is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." Wow!!! this was the President of the United States making a bold and clear statement about the Christian faith. Today that would not be accepted at all. The Bible teaches in Proverbs 14:34 "righteousness exalts a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people." As we look at all the original foundations and documents that this country was built on we see a common theme of the presence of God in them all. A recognition, if you will, of His divine nature as well as a respect for His authority. It was this alone that allowed for a forward move because things were being done right or at least there was an understanding that God must be a apart of things in order for order to be in place. In 1831 a noted French writer by the name of Alexis de Tocqueville came to America in search of greatness. He said that he came to seek and search out all the vast happenings here in this land being proclaimed by all who knew of it and had come here themselves and indeed proclaimed that America was great. Mr. de Tocqueville wrote that he visited the powerful harbors on the coasts. He told of the mighty rivers and streams that he saw, the bountiful forests and fertile fields, but he said that even in all of this wonder he still did not find greatness. He continued his search and proceeded to look at all the infrastructure, the mining industry, the government, the political system, the school system, even the constitution and after an exhaustive search of all this stuff he still remained perplexed that greatness was still not found. He would go on to write that is would not be until he entered the doors of a church that he found what made America great. He told of hearing a message from a "pulpit aflame with righteousness" and that it was then he found what he had been looking for. He wrote that the secret of America's genius and power was found in that message. He said, "America is great because America is good and if America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." As believers and those who love this land in which we live, we need to be in never ceasing prayer that our nation will turn back to the Lord and His ways. We need to stand on His promises and trust Him 100% and know without a doubt He cannot fail. We need to seek His wisdom as it comes to electing Godly leaders and truly be preparing for the days ahead because hard times are here, but more are on the way. I say that not to be negative, but to be honest. We need His power and might like never before. President Ronald Reagan made a powerful statement that sadly has gone unheard for many years now and it needs to be published, displayed and presented in every way possible today to all who have been given the honor of serving in public office and for anyone in an authority position. He said "within the covers of one single Book, the Bible, are all the answers to all the problems that face us today, if only we would read and believe." To that my friends I give a great big AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! May His blessings find you always,
until next time,
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