As we approach the celebration of our nations's birth I have been giving some thought to our worship this coming Sunday, and our approach to that particular celebration this year.
I have been reading through the Old Testament again this year and it struck me the other day how the nation of Israel kept straying from the Lord God to the worship of other gods or idols. America has strayed from its original founders' intention as to the guidance and worship of the one true God. In fact in Micah 4:5 it states, "For all the peoples walk each in the name of its god, but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God forever and ever." Our nation needs to come again to the place of saying, "But we will walk in the name of the Lord our God forever and ever."
Gathering in worship and in prayer is certainly appropriate as we look at celebrating our nation's birth...because the need of prayer is evident all around us. We need to seek the Lord as never before and plead with Him to heal our nation and bring us to a place where we again put our full faith in Him and ask that our nation would bring glory to His name. "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves and pray and turn from their wicked ways, I will forgive their sin and heal their land." Our nation must turn from worshipping other gods or idols and walk with and worship the one true God. If not, our freedom to worship Him hangs in the balance. mjm
