"The LORD of hosts has sworn by Himself, “Surely
I will fill you with a population like locusts, And they will cry out
with shouts of victory over you." (Jer. 51:14).
Bill Wilson, a writer for the Koenig Report, wrote the
following that should get our attention: "Persecution and unrest are
likely to follow, such as we have never seen in this country. Our collective disobedience to the Lord in
electing such leadership and allowing such immorality to anchor in our society
has consequence".
In a recent blog by Joel Rosenberg, Founder and President of
the Joshua Fund, made the following harrowing statement: "America is on
the wrong track". Almost 7 in 10
people believe this. Only 26% of
American think we're going in the right direction. Never before have I received so many cries of
warning from so many different sources, as has crossed my computer screen since
the year 2015 began. As a matter of fact, for the first time in our Nation’s
history the majority of folks believe America has seen its better days and its
best days are not ahead.
And the situation becomes more critical each day as new
blasphemies appear. As Joel Rosenberg, so aptly stated, “We are not just
in a time of decline, we are nearing a point of implosion. There is no way that the Washington
bureaucratic corps can fix all that ails our nation.”
No question, we need a new crop of leaders in Washington
that recognize our current way of doing business is bankrupt and anti God. Solomon, the second wisest man that ever
walked this earth, said, “Wisdom is a gift from God’. One might assume from these words that there
is a dire lack of believers in Washington since there are so few wise decisions
being made.
I have often thought
our Nation would be so much better off if we built a huge wall, like the walls
of Jericho, around the Belt Way and removed all exit and entry roads; we could
then let those with in the Beltway play government until their hearts are
content and let the rest of us live our lives as the constitution so states. And when our state governments begin to look
like bureaucratic entities, we pack them up and send them to the walled city of
Washington, DC.
In an interview one of the candidates, who has thrown their
hat into the ring for the 2016 election, suggested we crawl into our closets
and wait for the new president. I fear
another year and half of the current diet coming out of the Belt Way could be
titled a "Path to Doom".
No, that is not the way, God gave us the way in 2 Chronicles
7:13-14. Notice he begins with one of
those little trigger words that determine if the truth that follows is going to
be a revocable or irrevocable covenant promise - that word is "if": "IF" I shut up the heavens so that
there is no rain, or I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send
pestilence among My people, and My people who are called by My name humble
themselves and pray and seek My face and
turn from their wicked ways, then I will, hear from heaven, will forgive their
sins and will heal their land".
We have come to a point, my dear friends, when we need make
a vow that every time we see in person one of our children, grand's or even
great grand's, see a picture of them or even have a thought pops into our mind
about one of them, we should quote this verse with intensity, fervently from
the depths of our hearts. I am a very
old duck and will soon be in the heavenlies and it grieves my heart that my
generation is the one that saw this Nation, ordained and blessed by our
heavenly Father, turn its back on the wondrous blessing He allowed us to
enjoy. (The enemy is devious, even
ungrounded Believers will be deceived).
No, my friends, we cannot wait for another layer of man’s
failed attempts to fix the tragic mess that we have made of His perfect
creation. I am sure many of you
received the challenge and call from Anne Graham Lotz to a season of prayer for
our nation. In essence, we are closing
the barn door after the horses are out, but God/Jesus has no office hours and
is eternally at the right hand of the Father to receive our prayers and be in
intercessory prayer for us.
I am going to close this for now but will send part two next
time. I close with this challenge to
each and all who read this epistle: "To
implore God our Savior for an abundant harvest of souls for His Kingdom in the
remaining days. Do you not say
"Four months more and then the harvest?
I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields, They are ripe for
harvest" (John 4:35).
My brother, who was a
combat-experienced fighter pilot, expounded the following piece of wisdom after
he had retired and was dealing with some medical issues: "I don't want to take these things but I
do not like the alternatives.” We need
to take a peek periodically, well, not so periodically, and read the Scripture
of where those ‘who turn their backs on Jesus’ end up. When I do that it reinvigorates my heart to
work even harder to snatch every lost soul out of Satan's hands.
Blessings,
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