Should God, in His infinite wisdom and mercy, deem it fitting to move upon our collective hearts once again, to convict us as to what we have become, to open our eyes to the ideology that has bewitched much of our nation, there would be no power on this earth that could stop it! The media could not hide nor distort what would be happening. The academics in their ivory towers could do no more than flail their arms. Hollywood would ply its trade to empty seats and celebrities of any and all spheres would be ignored. Left to ourselves we cannot change the direction that our nation is going.
We usually emphasize that second part of Lord Acton's famous quote "Power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely" but it's the first part that we are dealing with at this time. Whether it's the media or universities, legislatures or government bureaucracies, or corporations or individuals....power in the wrong hands stifles dissent, governs without accountability and generally bullies its way by using that power to retain that power. We are dealing with an uninformed and easily distracted public. Greed and arrogance filled the void as reverence for God receded.
We are reaping what we have sown. Pulpits proclaim peace when there is no peace. The cross of Christ is rarely preached. Truth is now but a variable. Our Constitution has become a liability to perceived freedoms, the Bible but a barnacle on our Ship of State. God has stripped us of our suit of armor but in His infinite wisdom we can now kneel and therein is our true power. Christians need first to come together, not for a football game...not to play Apples To Apples... not for pot luck, but to pray.....pray for wisdom and discernment, for mercies unmerited, for humble and wise leaders and all for one purpose, to place the glory at the feet of Him who blessed this nation from its beginnings. And as I have written often, should He refrain from granting us mercy, it would be His will, perfect in every way, with all glory being His forever and ever!
We usually emphasize that second part of Lord Acton's famous quote "Power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely" but it's the first part that we are dealing with at this time. Whether it's the media or universities, legislatures or government bureaucracies, or corporations or individuals....power in the wrong hands stifles dissent, governs without accountability and generally bullies its way by using that power to retain that power. We are dealing with an uninformed and easily distracted public. Greed and arrogance filled the void as reverence for God receded.
We are reaping what we have sown. Pulpits proclaim peace when there is no peace. The cross of Christ is rarely preached. Truth is now but a variable. Our Constitution has become a liability to perceived freedoms, the Bible but a barnacle on our Ship of State. God has stripped us of our suit of armor but in His infinite wisdom we can now kneel and therein is our true power. Christians need first to come together, not for a football game...not to play Apples To Apples... not for pot luck, but to pray.....pray for wisdom and discernment, for mercies unmerited, for humble and wise leaders and all for one purpose, to place the glory at the feet of Him who blessed this nation from its beginnings. And as I have written often, should He refrain from granting us mercy, it would be His will, perfect in every way, with all glory being His forever and ever!
