"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength
of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to
stand firm against the schemes of the devil" (Eph. 6:10-11).
Hey
Gang: I had an interesting thought pop into my head, when I was reviewing
Jesus’ words in Matthew 24 pertaining to what will be happening when the
Father releases Him (Yeshua) to return to earth. So, with your permission,
I would like to do some ‘rambling’ this
morning.
I
had just read one of Joel Rosenberg's messages about the disastrous road our President
is taking us on- as it relates to Israel. I had just read Joel 3:2, which warns those nations that
would turn their back on God's chosen land. I believe we have seen Gal
6:7 fulfilled many times over in the many tragic events that have occurred close
to those times when our leaders have demanded that Israel give away covenant
land. Not sure that is fact? Check out William Koenig's book Eye
to Eye, where he lists more than 50 such tragedies.
But,
then again, I suspect there is a deafness in our Nation’s Capital pertaining to
the warnings that are oh, so clear. I have just completed
reading the Books of Kings and
Chronicles again, and, as I read them, I wondered why the people who have
the Bible available to them - the words of God, who created all we survey- refuse to even open the covers of the answers for each and every dilemma that
faces our Nation.
Kings and Chronicles consist of a chronological sequence of all
the kings that have been on the thrones of Judah and Israel, since they cried
out to Samuel, “We want a king just like everyone one else”. One would
think that since God honored that request, they would see the folly of man’s
ability to rule. God was certainly right on course when He told Samuel, “Tell the people your King/ human government
will take and he will take and he will take”. Have you checked the
news lately? It seems to be filled with the new devices the government have
come up with – “to take and take and take”.
Why
is this? Why can those whom we think have the ability and are worthy to
lead us not see that there is nothing new under the sun? One does not
have to be a brain surgeon to recognize that the mega laws and regulations are
placing a strangle hold around our Nation which will not permit it to grow out
of its tragic path to the ‘cliff’ that has filled our news
lately. A verse that has become a daily cry from the
depths of my heart are the words of Habakkuk, "How long, O Lord, will I call for help, and You will
not hear? (Hab. 1:1-5). It is a section of Scripture that
is worthy of your time
But
getting back to the question, "What happens to people when they are
elected to office?” Do they lose their
common sense when they cross the boundaries of the Belt Way? Again,
one night when pondering this question, God lead me to a very neat Scripture in
Judges 9:8-15. I have read that passage on other, even numerous occasions
but it never stuck out in bold print before. Again due to space and the
fact that I worte about it last month, I will not quote it here and leave it up
to you to see if God says to you the same as I think He said to me - "We
have to many brambles in the Belt Way and not enough Olive Trees".
But
I also suspect there is even a deeper problem – God, through Solomon, makes it
clear that wisdom is a gift from God and the beginning of wisdom comes from
knowing the Lord as Lord and Savior. Solomon made it pretty clear when he
wrote, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge"
(Pro. 1:7a). Notice he following that with these words, "Fools
despise wisdom and instruction" (v.7b). I will leave that lay,
but must admit I do have some strong feelings about Solomon's words.
Sooo,
my friends, one might get the idea I am about ready to throw in the towel on
this once great nation. No, that is not the truth- for I do believe we
have many committed prayer warriors in every corner of these United States. But I believe many of those warriors have let
their armor get rusty and no longer affective. God gave us the key to
restoration in 2 Chronicles 7:14: "Be
humble before the Lord, pray diligently and put off those things that offend
the Holy Spirit.” "And let
that begin with me".
Blessings,
Gramps
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