Whatever party you belong to and whatever promises you've heard or programs launched, unless your head is in the sand or you are totally insulated from the downturn in society, you know things aren't going very well and don't look promising anytime soon.
Millions have lost jobs and millions have dropped out of the labor pool. Millions have lost or are losing their homes. Gun-free zones are becoming killing fields. Towns like Piney, AR and cities like Detroit, MI are drying up. Islamic terrorists are still spreading violence. The Christian ten bents upon which country was built are still being assaulted while pagan and Islamic strongholds grow.
While you may not be surprised at the innefictiveness of our government to accomplish anything except its own enlargement and the self-promotion of its members, you may be wondering why God is silent, why he is not doing anything in response to his children's suffering, national decay or to our prayers. Or, is He?
Habakkuk lamented, "How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen?" (1:2), seeing the demise of Israel and no hope in view. But the Lord's response was, "Look at the nations and watch - for I am raising up the Babylonians" (1:5, 6). God had been listening and already was acting, but the prophet was not seeing His hand in the affairs of the nations.
Just before the Berlin Wall fell, it appeared hopeless for the unarmed and poverty-stricken people behind the Iron Curtain to be set free, but without tanks or planes or guns, the wall came down. God had been working and the powerless overcame the powerful.
I don't know if God is preparing to tear down walls or bring America to its knees, but I know God is working and He will prevail, despite the odds or the depth of our national sin.
Jus' Sayn.
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