Thought For Today September 17
Thorns in the flesh!
By: Robert A, Searles
When God delivered Israel into the land of their possessions, he made a
covenant with them. He swore to them that he would never break his part
of the covenant, and he expected them not to break theirs.
"And
ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall
throw down their altars; but ye have not obeyed my voice; why have ye
done this? Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before
you; but they shall be thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a
snare unto you." Judges 2: 2. 3.
We who call ourselves Christians, and the sanctified children of God,
are not to be a part of, nor go along with the pagan ways of the world
or the world's way of thinking and philosophy. Our fellowship and
conformity with the world's philosophy will be as thorns in our flesh.
All the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua and the elders
that outlived Joshua, but after Joshua and the elders of Israel had
died, another generation arose which knew not the things of the Lord.
"And
also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there
arose another generation, after them which knew not the Lord, nor yet
the works which he had done for Israel. And the children of Israel did
evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim: and they forsook the
Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt,
and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about
them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger."
Judges 2:10,11,12.
Several generations have come and gone since the founding of America
which have not known God, nor considered his works. This is the fault of
previous generations of Christians who have not properly taught their
children the proper knowledge, or respect for God and his works.
Too
many of us Christians are forsaking the ways of God, and following the
God of the society in which we live. We are setting poor examples for
future generations, consequently, each new generation has lesser
knowledge and respect for the God of our fathers. Wealth and material
things have become our object of worship.
"And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them
into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the
hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer
stand before their enemies." Judges 2:14.
I believe that the anger of the Lord is hot against America today for
neglecting him and his worship; for adultery; for abortions - the murder
of new born babies, and all kinds of sexual promiscuity and perversion.
Will he deliver us into the hands of spoilers or the terrorist?
"Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of
the hand of those that spoiled them. And yet they would not hearken unto
their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed
themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their
fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did
not so." Judges 2: 16,17.
God
raises up preachers and evangelist and soul winners today in America to
warn us; but for the most part we do not listen. We go a whoring after
the things of the world. What a shame for us as Christians to do this
sort of thing.
If
we want to survive as a nation under God, and be blessed by God, and
continue to be the "head and not the tail" among the nations of the
world, then we who are the called of God, must rise up together, and
"take our head out of the sand" so to speak, and draw near unto God and
support the "judges" and leaders whom God has raised up to put the
bible back in the schools, respect all human life from conception to old
age and natural death, and pay honor to our flag; our national anthem ;
and to all our national heroes, May God's blessing be on America
Let's make America Great again!
Believe the Bible!
Live as the Bible Teaches!
Vote Bible!
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