Heal Our Land

I read a blog today that gave me some new information on Mitt Romney. Apparently, he's been quoted in the news as saying that he will not pursue anti-abortion legislation. Let me repeat that, He will not pursue ANY ANTI-ABORTION LEGISLATION.

I know a lot of people who are basing their vote solely on the abortion issue. (Just to be clear, I have no problem with that and if I thought Romney could/would actually do something, I'd probably vote for him.) When your candidate comes out and says something like that, what now are you basing your vote on?? He said he's not going to do anything about it; he's not even pretending. Politicians lie all the time; he didn't have to say that. He said it BEFORE being elected; that man does NOT care about the abortion issue. He will not pursue it.

I've heard so much talk about praying for revival and for the healing of our land and for people to turn to God. And then the same people talk about how awful things are going to get and how if we don't do more that Christians are going to be persecuted and killed and churches will be outlawed. Has it not occurred to anyone that the second is the answer from God to the first??

Churches blossom under persecution; the Church grows and is strengthened! The fakers and pew-warmers flee and the Church erupts in new life! Why? Because suddenly we MUST lean on Him for everything! The crutch of the government is taken away; the idols of comfort and financial security are stripped from us. In that instance, we have to look to God for our peace, for our security, for our comfort, for our joy. Suddenly, prayer doesn't have to be preached on because everyone is constantly praying. Suddenly, things like pants on women are not important - but staying faithful and being bold witnesses are. Suddenly, the peripheral things again find their proper place and we have to keep our eyes on Jesus.

For so long we've been looking at our country and asking God to renew it; doesn't anyone think that maybe that's EXACTLY what He's doing? Our churches are in sorry shape. And we know this! And we pray that God would give us revival. Maybe He's doing just that. Maybe He's answering all our prayers. Have you thought about that? Maybe God is giving us what we asked for through OBAMA?

No political maneuvering, no human figure is going to save our country; it doesn't have that power. Only GOD has the power to save or destroy a nation. And what does God use to turn a nation around? He uses His Word, spread through His people. We pray that God will turn our nation toward Him. Well, guess what. We might have to pay physically for that to happen. We might need to lose friends and family to jail and execution. I may need to die for that revival; harder still, I may have to watch my husband die for that revival.

In the face of that, do we still trust that God is doing what is best for us? Or is our faith so weak that the thought of physically paying a price for the privilege of being God's child too frightening for us? Where is the attitude of Peter and the other disciples who REJOICED that they were counted worthy to suffer for Christ's name? Where is that? 'Cause it seems to be strangely lacking in every conversation about how bad our nation is going to get and how difficult things are going to be for Christians before too long.

We pray for God to heal our land; are we then going to be upset because He might not do it the way we want? Are we going to prescribe the ways that He is "allowed" to turn our nation? Are we going to say, "We only want Your face to shine upon us in THIS way?" The pride is so rampant. Do we think we know better than God?

In conclusion, I'm not saying don't vote for Romney; I'm just saying if your only reason is abortion, he's not going to do anything for it anyway. That might be worth re-evaluating. But more importantly, don't think that the persecution that may or may not be coming is so dead-set a bad thing. God only does what is good for us. If it comes, it's GOOD! God has not given us the spirit of FEAR, but of POWER, and of love, and of a sound mind. We have no need to be anxious. We do our best; we follow God with all our heart and soul and strength and mind; and God takes care of everything else. And if that means Obama for another four years, if that means the imploding of the U.S., then THAT is GOOD.

We are the CHILDREN of the ALMIGHTY. We are the beloved of the Creator! Don't we trust His love?