Psalm 66:17-20 – I cried out to Him with my mouth; His praise was on my tongue. If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; but God has surely listened and has heard my prayer. Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld His love from me!”
2 Chronicles 16:9 – For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hears are fully committed to Him…
2 Corinthians 6:2 – For He says, “in the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.
Many have seen a much circulated short video wherein Anne Graham (Daughter of Billy Graham) purportedly explains that God is deeply saddened by America telling God to get out of our institutions, our schools, our government and our lives. She states that God, as a gentleman will back out, which I believe is true, but not that He backed fully away. He is faithful even when we are not. (2 Timothy 2:13) He will pull back, and with Him His blessings and protection, but He has not totally withdrawn. He continues to love us and want the best for us.
We have instead taken the advice of men who are “experts” in the philosophy of men, but who are not knowledgeable in advice from God, and they can be scoffers of Him and His existence. Mankind has told Him to butt out of our relationships between family and friends, even so far as to say that the Creator of all life has no say, but only mothers, to say if the child in their womb (whom God created) will live or die. They argue it is a woman’s right to choose and demand that God stay mute. God is pushed away. Instead of seeking God’s help, they push God away, and sadly, they are in the situation all too often because of pushing Him aside before conception. Also we legalize drugs, and slowly legalize all manner of detestable actions.
God indeed is saddened by us pushing Him out of our lives. He knows that as we push Him out of our lives we ever increasingly lose any remnant of decency and goodness in our lives, and that as we lose true love. The understanding that love has more to do with what we give than what we receive is disappearing. God’s love gives because it is the essence of what true love is, of who He is. God loves and the only reason He wants His love returned is because He knows that us receiving His love, and returning it to Him and giving out His love to others, is what is best for us. We however give love with the demand of returned love for our own sake. And that is the antithesis of His love.
Not because He needs us but because we need Him is God saddened when we push Him out of our lives. He is sad for us that we will not have what is best for our lives, which is Him. Indeed God is a gentleman and will respect our demand to back out of our lives. However, He does not, like a silly human, shout “Fine then, I’m gone! See how life works without me!” and then storm out of the door of our lives. Because God loves us He continues to help us even when we think we don’t need it. Isn’t that what good parents do? Even though the Lord is screamed at and told He is not loved, His love remains until, in His omniscience, He knows that the heart is so hardened that it is dead to Him and has become incapable of responding to Him. (Ephesians 4:18-19, Matthew 13:14-15) It is, at that point, a dead heart. Pumping physical blood but unable to receive from God. God never wants that day to happen, but knows it can and will for many. (2 Peter 3:9) God knows who will respond to His love and who never will. Only He knows, because only He is God.
So, America does God still love us? Yes He does. But only He truly knows the heart of our country. He knows, that it has hardened. He is still calling to America to return to Him. The question we need to ask is if the heart of the nation is too hardened to respond to Him? Have we, those who know the Lord, stepped so far back that we have no control or influence in our own house. Will we rise up in the name of the Lord Jesus for the sake of our family, our neighbors and our countryman, or we will just keep backing up and letting America descend to the point of no return. That is not God’s desire, though, He has stepped back so that we might learn that without Him, the enemy of our souls will destroy us. Yet, today, and every day, is an acceptable day of repentance. Today, and every day is a good day to run back to God through Jesus who made the way. (John 14:6) Family, let’s get dressed in clothes of obedience and righteousness provided by God. Arm ourselves with the Word of God. Be taught and guided by the Holy Spirit who is ever with us. And the diseased hardened heart of our country can be healed. Love for God and love for each other can still return. But, if it does, it will begin with His people. Evil flourishes, nations rot, when His people step back. Let us, in the power of His Spirit and His Word, step forward and reclaim our country. Let’s not lose such a precious gift. God desires to heal our land. Let’s ask of God and get it back. Family, it is up to us. God is willing, praise God! Always praise God!
Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown You, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.
Numbers 6:24-26 “The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26 the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.”