In Times Like These, What Do We Do?

The stock market is crashing. The housing market has had the bottom fall out. Unemployment is on the rise. What is the government doing? They are printing Monopoly money and taking over banks and corporations. Which party has the answer? Who do we follow? What do we do?

Now, I have to say, I'm a consevative and a Christian. I'm a card carrying (literally) Republican who has served the Republican party since Ronald Reagan ran for his first term as one of the greatest Presidents this nation has ever had. I have friends pointing out that the Republicans have abandoned Reaganesque policies. Bush in his last two years governed like a liberal not a conservative. Many are telling me, "turn to the libertarian party". Many look to the inexperience of Obama as the answer to all of our problems simply because he espouses hope and "yes we can", but in actuality has no plan at all and the hope he has is simply, "I hope I don't screw it up worse than it already is."

No my friends, conservative that I am, no politcal party; no politician; no form of government will get us out of the impending disaster that appears to be coming. No, the answer my friends is for God's people to repent of their complacency and humble themselves and seek God for His mercy. Look at the history of the children of Israel. When their leaders abandoned God and godly principles, their nation suffered great calamity. What was the solution? Good political policies? Good charismatic leaders? No. It was the repentence of God's people and the turning of a nation towards God's face.

2 Chronicles 7:13-1413 "When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. NIV

It is the same today. Our nation is falling apart. The treasury is printing Monopoly money. We are mortgaged up to the hilt and things don't look better, they just continue to look worse and worse. Our leaders don't seem to know what they are doing. They are supporting ungodly, immoral solutions to many problems in our nation. They paint godliness as bigotry and hatred. They support wrong and resist what is right. What do we do? Yes, we can get involved in the political process, but more importantly, we, God's people need to humble ourselves and pray, seek His face and turn from our own wicked ways. Then He will hear from heaven, forgive our sins (the sins of those called by His name) and heal our land.

Friends, the church of Jesus Christ has failed this nation by going along with all of the ungodliness that overwhelms this society. We have abandoned the love, grace and compassion of God and have lost our good testimony in the world around us. We have blended in so much that you cannot tell the difference between a believer and a non-believer. We need to hit our knees in repentance and call upon our God to forgive our sins and heal our land. And then we need to put feet to our repentance. Maybe He will have compassion upon us no matter which political party is in charge. Politics does not matter at this point. What matters is God's people humbling ourselves and praying much as Daniel did at the end of the captivity. He prayed, "WE have sinned and not followed your laws" when Daniel was one who had not abandoned his God, but he counted himself with his nation.

We God's people must humble ourselve and pray and seek His face and turn from our own wicked ways. We must do it and do it now.

Until Later,

Don