Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Blessed are the people he chose to be His own. Psalms 33:12
America is living proof that the above verse is true. No nation has been more blessed than America, and our forefathers knew and believed in this verse from Psalms. Our nation was founded with a noble purpose and a godly intention. We are reaping the blessings because of the seed that was planted by the people who came to these shores seeking freedom, justice and liberty. They also brought with them the Bible and the faith in God which sustained them. The pilgrims came with the words, “For the glory of God, and the advancement of the Christian faith.”
Some of the greatest leaders of this nation were also strong believers in God and in our Lord Jesus Christ. George Washington made no secret of his Christian faith. During the Revolutionary War, he issued a call for divine services each Sunday and said, “To the distinguished character of a Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of a Christian.” When a stranger came to the Continental Congress and wanted to know which man was George Washington, a friend replied, “He is easy to spot. When the Congress begins to pray, Washington will be the tall man who will go to his knees.”
The Declaration of Independence declares in part to “..the laws of nature and of nature’s God ‘insist’ that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
Great men such as Dwight Eisenhower once declared, “Without God there could be no American form of government nor American way of life.”
So, where is that kind of faith in this day and time? When we ask God to bless America, what have we done to earn His blessings? Although many may not realize it, the secret of America’s greatness was her belief and her faith in God
We are the only country which displays In God We Trust on our currency, has a minister to open the legislature with prayer, and has a Thanksgiving Day to offer thanks to God. Blessed is the nation which receives God as Lord and Savior, but Psalm 97 reminds us that nations that forget God will be cursed. We are beginning to see the truth of this in our nation today.
We have taken prayer out of our schools, dignified adultery, and glamorized immorality. We have come to the place now where we call good evil and evil good. So, why are we letting this happen in our great country?
William Highland says, “The United States has never been less threatened by foreign forces, but never since the Great Depression has the threat to domestic greatness been greater.” We now live in a country which has the largest crime rate, the highest rate of divorce, and moral decay.
All we have to do is look at the headlines in the paper to know that Satan is alive and well and working in this country. Paul Harvey once wrote a column entitled, “If I Were the Devil”, and here are some of his thoughts. If I were the devil, I would begin my campaign with a whisper like the serpent saying the Bible is a myth. I’d infiltrate unions and urge more loathing and less work. I would evict God from the courthouses, the schoolhouse, and the house of Congress. Then, in His own churches, I would substitute psychology and politics for religion and defy science. If I were the Devil, I’d just keep doing what I’m doing, and the whole world would go to hell as sure as the devil.
During the darkest days of the Civil War as Abraham Lincoln was sitting in the Oval Office, the Secretary of War said to him, “I do not believe we have anything to worry about, God is on our side.” The President replied, “Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side, my great concern is to be on God’s side.”
My prayer for this Fourth of July is that we as a country get back on God’s side. Then and only then can we pray for God to Bless America.
Happy Fourth of July and God bless America!