If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
(2 Chron. 7:14)(NKJV)
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan both placed their hand on this verse as they took the presidential oath of office. I believe that if these men were still alive today they would still believe in the importance of this scripture. Like never before in our history, we need to pray for our nation. Our enemy is attacking us on all sides in this spiritual battle that's tearing at the Christian foundation of our nation. We need to pray for our nation and it's leaders. We need to pray for the Lord to send us Godly men and women who will run for office and then that we will vote them in so that they can make a difference in the direction our nation is headed. But notice, that it's not enough to just pray. God wants us to humble ourselves, pray and seek His face. He's calling us to turn from our wicked ways as a nation, and then He will forgive our sin and heal our land.
Today when I got back home from church, I read an email that was sent to me by my former pastor. I would like to share it with you now:
Some of you may be wondering what Judge Roy Moore has been doing since he was removed from the bench for refusing to remove the Ten Commandments from his courtroom wall. Please read the poem he wrote. The following is a poem written by Judge Roy Moore from Alabama. Judge Moore was sued by the ACLU for displaying the Ten Commandments in his courtroom foyer. He has been stripped of his judgeship and now they are trying to strip his right to practice law in Alabama! The judge's poem sums it up quite well.
America the beautiful,
or so you used to be.
Land of the Pilgrims' pride;
I'm glad they'll never see.
Babies piled in dumpsters,
Abortion on demand,
Oh, sweet land of liberty;
your house is on the sand.
Our children wander aimlessly
poisoned by cocaine
choosing to indulge their list,
when God has said abstain.
From sea to shining sea,
our Nation turns away
From the teaching of God's love
and a need to always pray.
We've kept God in our temples,
how callous we have grown.
When earth is but His footstool,
and Heaven is His throne.
We've voted in a government
that's rotting at the core,
Appointing Godless Judges;
who throw reason out the door,
Too soft to place a killer
in a well deserved tomb,
But brave enough to kill a baby
before he leaves the womb.
You think that God's not angry,
that our land's a moral slum?
How much longer will He wait
before His judgment comes?
How are we to face our God,
from Whom we cannot hide?
What then is left for us to do,
but stem this evil tide?
If we who are His children,
will humbly turn and pray;
Seek His holy face
and mend our evil way:
Then God will hear from Heaven;
and forgive us of our sins,
He'll heal our sickly land
and those who live within.
But, America the Beautiful,
If you don't-then you will see,
A sad but Holy God
withdraw His hand from Thee.
I think Judge Roy Moore has the right idea for turning our nation around. So let's pray for our nation every day. But let's do more than that. We need to individually, and as a nation, humble ourselves, pray, seek God's face, and turn from our sins. Then God will forgive us and heal our land, that America may remain Beautiful.
Singing His Praises,
Joey Culpepper