July 4, 2019
Celebrating the Birth of our Nation
As I prepare for the day with friends and family, I’m thinking and praying seriously about our country. Over the past few weeks I’ve been listening to a series of CDs from speakers at the Colorado Christian Writers Conference. Their words have brought focus to much I see as I look at all the news and rhetoric I hear. To quickly answer the first question the people I’ve talked about this ask, these presentations are not in support of any political agenda. They do not support either democrats or republicans.
The crisis in America is a spiritual battle, not a physical one. It is a battle taking place in the hearts of each person in this country. The level of anger, hate, selfishness and intolerance is tearing this country apart. One of the speakers, Michael Gantt, spoke of how this country is not being divided, it is disintegrating. Bruce Porter reminds us evil can only succeed when good men are silent (generally attributed to Edmund Burke).
One of the concepts most touching my heart was the battle for America will not be fought or won with physical weapons. It will be fought and won, or lost, in each individual heart. The first thing necessary is for those of us who want God’s love, grace, and wisdom to once more rule America to get more active. To do this we must spend time in the study of His holy word and to pray. Then we need to rise out of our prayer chambers and get to work—let our voices be heard. We must be prepared for the long and hard-fought battle.
One of our first battlefields must be taking back the education of our children. A serious look at what is being taught in the classrooms of today does not reveal either the democratic republic designed by our founders or the wisdom taught by our Lord. It is easy to look at this and say there is nothing we can do. But we can do a lot by getting involved. Many have chosen the route of getting their children out of the public school system. That doesn’t mean you can’t still try to change things for all the other children in this country. Go to school board meetings. Be vocal about what is important. Find a way to get on the curriculum committee.
We must also fight for the teaching of both adults and children in the church. It is estimated one third of the churches in America have chosen to turn away from the teaching of God’s Holy Word and teaching to “tickle the ears” of the congregation. Listen to the preacher/pastor/priest. Is he/she preaching in agreement with the Bible? Does he/she even teach from the Bible? If the answer if no, confront the leader of your church with God’s word. What is being taught in your church’s children’s program? Look at the curriculum. Is it based on God’s word? If not, is it what you want your child to learn? Take action. If you can’t convince your church to teach God’s word to both adults and children, find one that does.
Most of all, please, please pray and get involved in bringing the United States back to the Godly country it was created to be.