God Has Chosen Our  Precedent

By Daniel V

It has been said "For a nation to get on it's feet, it must first get on it's knees."
All throughout history, God has rewarded nations that favored Him, and destroyed nations that turned their back on Him. In the book of Judges, a theme that was repeated is, "In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes." When Israel strayed from God, they were punished by either God himself (Egypt) or the nation was punished by outside sources (Israel and Judah by means of Assyria and Babylon). Each time a calamity would strike down upon Israel, a cry was heard from the people, "What have we done against God." Right now, the United States is not at that point. Whenever a calamity has been brought against the United States, the response is, "Why would God allow this to happen to us, we have done nothing wrong." Again, repeating the refrain, "We are doing right and good."
Now, what the believer must do is preach louder and harder, "See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son." (Hebrews 12:16) We must get on our knees and pray fervently for deliverance and forgiveness for the sins of the nation. Also we must pray for our leaders, even if we don't agree with their politics. Pray that they will seek God's wisdom, but above all, pray that God's will is done.
We must continue to live the life that God has called us to live, we must be obedient to what God has commanded us to do. "Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority, or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. For it is God's will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men. Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God. Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king." (1 Peter 2:13-17)
Will this be a wake up call for the believers and for the nation, or will we (the nation) continue to live in ignorance to all the things that are going on?