FaithWalkDaily January 15, 2009
Psalms 3:7-8 Arise, O LORD! Deliver me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. From the LORD comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people.
As I read these verses a few times this morning, savoring them, the phrase that impressed me was David's prayer for blessing.I've become starkly aware over the past ten years of the moral decline of our country and what seems to be the withdrawal of God's blessings from this nation. During the pre-election frenzy, my constant and fervent prayer was that our nation would fall to its knees, repent and turn back to God so that His blessings would once again flow on us.
Some think God didn't answer our prayers for the right man in the white house. I don't agree. I know there were a lot of Christians praying for the outcome of this election. Just because we may not see Obama as necessarily a Bible believing Christian, he calls himself a Christian. Does he stand firm for all that conservative Christians believe? No, certainly not, especially on the issues of abortion and stem cell research.
However, that doesn't mean he can't be convinced to look at what God says about the sanctity of life. Either way, we can't put our hopes in one man. If we express ourselves to the new administration (and I pray the Holy Spirit will prompt you to do so,) and we do what's right in our own communities, we have to trust the outcome to God, remembering that He is in control, no matter what it looks like from our puny perspectives.
If we are faithful, we must voice our opinions; pray for our elected officials in Washington; pray for our local leaders of state, city and community. To do anything less is to take their side. If there's one thing we know about democrats, those in the past have looked to the wind to determine their direction. They listen to the cries of the people. That's what bleeding hearts do best. Cry loud, cry hard and cry often on behalf of the defenseless. If you don't, don't complain about the withholding of God's blessings on America.
First do all you can. Then let go and trust God. From the Lord comes deliverance.
Arise, O LORD! Deliver me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. From the LORD comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
