America Desperately Needs God's Help

“Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain”.                Psalm 127:1

There is something to be said for Jehovah’s watching over persons, nations and things.  This immediately injects a spiritual component into everything, a concept many would reject out of hand.  Now we have an opinion standoff, but is there an objective proof, determining which way one should “cast his vote”?  I would suggest two.

No. 1.  The Jews.  Previously I wrote about the fact that over 300 years ago King Louis XIV (the 14th) of France asked Blaise Pascal, a great French philosopher, to give him proof of the supernatural.  Pascal immediately answered, “Why, the Jews, your Majesty—the Jews”.  What did he mean by so terse an answer?  No speculation needed.  He tells us exactly what he meant (See Pensees, para. 620, p. 285).  He said the mere fact that the Jewish people survived until the 17th century—to the time period in which he was living—was nothing short of a supernatural phenomenon.  Since, we have the privilege of adding 3 more centuries to his total.  And boldly can add to the total the centuries comprising the Milennium—not only will they continue on earth, but their longevity will be underscored by the fact that a Jewish king will be reigning.  How long does it take to establish the fact of the supernatural?

No. 2.  The Church.  Jesus said, “I will build My church, and the gates of Hades (all the authority and power of hell) shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18).  As “vapid” (lacking liveliness, tang, briskness or force) as the church is in America and Europe, it is powerful in many other sections of the world and growing at the rate of 140,000 per day. Even now reputable sources put the strength of the church at one million in Iran where an Iranian pastor has just been imprisoned for eight years for his Christian faith.  That will strengthen the church!  Out of such weakness the church continues on.  Does this not suggest supernatural influence?

Back to my opening sentence:  there is something to be said for Jehovah’s watching over persons, nations and things—and when He doesn’t (Psalm 127:1), it all goes wrong.  That is precisely what’s happening in America right now.  Name an area in America where we’re not coming unglued.  That glue can be put back only as God is invited back in as Lord over our nation.