Will We Ever Come Together As A Nation? (By Gary Patterson)
"Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people." Unity is not just political -- It's moral. A nation thrives when It's people pursue righteousness." (Proverbs 14:34)
It seems that we as a nation have chosen to pursue immorality and violence to get what we want in this country. I have shared James 4:1-3, before, which describes just how we are going about things in America.
"Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures."
How will we ever come come together as a nation, when we are so obsessed with selfishness and hatred. If we don't have what others have, we become jealous, and kill and take what we want. If people don't agree with us on certain issues, we develop a hatred for them, and pursue opportunities to murder and destroy.
Am I being too critical? Or am I being realistic?
It is the righteousness of God that will bring us together. When we love others, just as God has loved us, and we do what His Word tells us to do, in regards to our relationship with Him, and with others, these are right things that pleases our righteous God.
He gave His only Son to die in our place, so we would not have to enter the gates of hell. And everyone in this nation can claim that promise, if they would only place their trust in Jesus Christ, and establish a saving relationship with Him.
It begins there. And from there we are to love others, and work towards helping others to have the blessed life that God wants them to have.
Jeremiah 29:7 says, "Seek the peace and prosperity of the city--Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper." National unity is tied to communal well-being and shared purpose. When we seek the well-being of others, how can it not bring us together as a nation? This is the will of God for America.
"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 I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land."(2 Chronicles 7:14)
Apart of that healing will be the unity of the people. Oh how we need this today? GP
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