And What of Tomorrow?

“For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.” 2 Thess. 2:7

Tomorrow we celebrate our independence as a nation. Whatever you may think of the United States, I believe that God brought about this country to advance His ultimate plan in human history. Every day this world is pressing on towards it’s end and Christ’s return. Every nation and people has its place in history, but one thing I do know: all men have sinned, and from all nations and peoples, God has called His elect and built His church as the great commission has gone out to the uttermost corners of the world.

I am grateful for my country and its Christian heritage in it’s role in proclaiming the Lordship of Christ. However, even as I see myself, my church and my community as a microcosm of who we are as a people, I know that I fall short. America is admittedly not perfect, but I know too that God is a gracious and forgiving Father. I believe that God has used America and it’s resources (blood and financial) as a restraint against evil; an evil who first revealed himself as a snake in a garden and who has continued to oppose the Kingdom of God to this day. However, I see the days of our true and sincere worship and prayers passing away as more and more people do what is right in their own eyes; even unto calling evil, good and good, evil. Whatever capital that we believe we earned with God as a nation in the past, I fear our lamp is close to empty; there is but a flicker of light that we cast across the world; while our prayers are as fumes; spent fuel, which I fear reaches into heaven as a stench because of our unrepentant sin. Nonetheless…

I believe in a merciful and longsuffering God; He is patient and kind. And because of this I will pray tomorrow for our healing and an outpouring of His Spirit upon our nation. To what extent that God has used America as an instrument of restraint, I do not know. However, I do know that one day such restraint will be removed, and when this happens, America will have to be fundamentally and forever changed as a Christian nation; leaving but a rubble of the fallen masses.

I invite you to pray with me:

Our Father, Who art in heaven;
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done
On earth, in America, as it is in heaven.
And give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our debts
As we forgive our debtors,
And lead us not unto temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For thine is the Kingdom, the Glory, the Power forever. Amen

Posted on FACEBOOK, July 3, 2014