Lest We Forget

        Christians have prayed for years for a spiritual revival. With the election of President Trump many think it has come. Truly a better collective spirit prevails and we are being blessed abundantly. However, spiritually this cannot be considered a spiritual revival.

        Gradually America drifted away from God. Judges 2: 10 grants this graphic insight how in part it happened. “When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the Lord nor the work which He had done in Israel.” Forgetfulness of the Lord’s goodness contributed to the drift.

        In 1602, there were 102 Bible-believing Pilgrims who sailed for these shores aboard the “Mayflower.” In part the compact they signed aboard the “Mayflower” states their purpose as: “Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith…a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia…”

        Later came the Puritans who sailed into Massachusetts Bay to establish what they called a “Biblical commonwealth.”

        The first constitution creating a civil government, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, was created on January 14, 1639, and it stated they acted “to maintain and preserve liberty and purity of the Gospel for our Lord Jesus which we now profess…”

        All of the colonies were founded upon a covenant involving God. William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, wrote, “Unless we are governed by God, we will be ruled by tyrants.”

        Gradually, almost imperceptibly, we have moved away from our roots. This has been very much to our detriment. 

        Now the Lord has been banished from our schools, omitted from our literature, excluded from social circles, and barred from civil affairs. We joke about the sacred, mock the spiritual, neglect His Word, and forsake His will.

        What is the solution for America?  America’s presidential apostle of peace, Woodrow Wilson, said, “Our civilization cannot survive materially unless it is redeemed spiritually. It can be saved only by becoming permeated with the Spirit of Christ and being made free and happy by the practices which spring out of that spirit. Only thus can discontent be driven out and all the shadows lifted from the road ahead.”

        As a nation we need to give heed to the words of George Washington who said, “We can but little hope for the blessing of God if we insult Him by our blasphemies.”

        The Psalmist said, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.” Both Washington and the Psalmist spoke of blessings. One told how blessings could be obtained and the other told how they are lost. The word “blessed” is better understood by modern American mentality when we realize it could be translated “happy.” Do you want it?  You know where you can find it.