If you’re not alarmed by the current state of
immorality in this country, you have reason to be alarmed about your own
spiritual state. In many larger cities
there is a murder almost every day. Some
parents are using their own children to film pornography. There are couples living together and having
children without being married. What on
earth is going on? A Denver-area teacher
was recently arrested for having sexual contact with a student. A Fox News anchor said, “When will these
teachers ever learn their own lesson?”
Fact is, we’ve always had sexual sin, corruption in
government, child abuse and out-of-wedlock births. The difference seems to be that no one is
embarrassed by it anymore. Is there no
shame? Very little, it seems. We’ve been desensitized. It is much like the experience of Samson in
Judges 16:20 where the Bible says, “…but
he did not know the Lord had left him.”
It is sad when the Lord can no longer keep company with a person, sadder
still when we aren’t even aware that he left!
Like Samson, there was a time when the United States was incredibly
strong – militarily, morally, and in most every way. The entire world respected our strength. Today, however, we find that our moral fiber
has weakened significantly and the respect that other countries have of us has
deteriorated. How long will it be before
our military and economic strength will likewise weaken? It would be tragic to wake up one of these
days and say as did Samson, “I will go
out as before and shake myself free…” only to find that we have no strength
left.
You see, we have created a moral climate where
nothing is wrong any more. And anyone
who has the nerve to say that something is morally wrong is dubbed a “bigoted, narrow-minded, red-neck,wild-eyed
Christian fundamentalist.” Call it
what you will, there is no denying that when this nation shoved God and the
Bible into the background – when we decided that everyone could do that which
is right in his own eyes – we got way more than we bargained for. We lit a virtual firestorm that is now being
driven by the winds of evil across these amber waves of grain. The fire is
raging completely out of control. And if
somebody, somewhere, sometime, somehow doesn’t do something to save us from
ourselves, our children and grandchildren will see this country fall completely
apart at the seams. I can hear some
threads already beginning to rip.
Do you recall the story in the first chapter of
Exodus that details the hardships of God’s people in Egypt? At first, the God-fearing Joseph had been so
trusted and respected that Pharaoh appointed him to the position of Prime
Minister. Several generations passed and
Exodus 1:6 says, “Then a new king, who
did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt…” From that point on, the people of God
suffered mercilessly.
In a similar fashion, unless there is a change in
direction, future historians may likely record American history something like
this: “Then a new President, Congress,
and Supreme Court justices, who did not know God, came to power in America…” We have just now raised the first generation
of Americans who no longer hold the Bible to be God’s Sacred Word. Young corporate leaders, politicians,
congressmen and even some presidents thumb their nose at anyone who dares call
anything a sin. These words of concern
do not come from one who is disloyal to his country, but from a patriot who
dearly loves his country. May God bless
America and may America never forget God!
