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Anyone who knows me well knows how truly heartbroken I am this morning. Heartbroken not because I hate Obama, but because I so love America. Heartbroken because I am a student of history, and because I know that America faces some dark days ahead. We have, as a nation, developed a dangerous combination of ignorance and arrogance. We have forgotten that we are governed by the laws of human nature, and that no amount of slick campaigning and crafty rhetoric appealing to our baser instincts will keep us from suffering the consequences of having violated the “laws of Nature and Nature’s God.” I believe that it is only on rare occasions when God proactively exerts his judgment, and that the vast majority of human suffering is simply God allowing us to experience the consequences of our decisions, hoping that we will learn from them rather than repeat them.
Yesterday, America repeated them. We have seen the consequences of Obama’s policies of massive spending and debt accumulation, which have led to high unemployment, weak growth, and an economic malaise. He promises to spend even more and accumulate more debt, which will only compound the problem. More suffering is ahead. America has in many ways immersed herself in immorality; we’ve slaughtered enough unborn children to nearly equal the populations of California and Texas. A majority of children are now born out of wedlock. We indulge in what feels good, rather than what is right. There is a price to pay for that.
Yet despite all this, I still have hope, even if that hope is a little less bright today than yesterday. With God all things are possible. The ancient empires fell under the weight of their own corruption, the same type of corruption we see in America today. Nineveh was also a corrupt city in danger of destruction, yet they heeded the words of the prophet Jonah and were saved by God’s mercy. If we can experience a spiritual awakening and repent, we can also save our nation.
So I ask all of my friends at this time to join me in prayer for President Obama, not because his actions have made him worthy of our praise, but because he is the leader that the people have chosen to direct the affairs of this nation for the next four years. Pray not for the success of his agenda, which I believe to be destructive, but that as the dark days unfold in which we feel the inevitable pain of these decisions, that he will be humbled, that he will turn his face towards God, and that his heart will be changed within him (that he might be “fundamentally transformed”, one might say). Pray that he can humble himself before God and become the greatest president has ever known. Offer this same prayer for the leaders of both parties from the national level to those in our own communities. And pray that God will have mercy upon us such that we can reverse this danger before we feel the full weight of its punishment.
Yesterday, America repeated them. We have seen the consequences of Obama’s policies of massive spending and debt accumulation, which have led to high unemployment, weak growth, and an economic malaise. He promises to spend even more and accumulate more debt, which will only compound the problem. More suffering is ahead. America has in many ways immersed herself in immorality; we’ve slaughtered enough unborn children to nearly equal the populations of California and Texas. A majority of children are now born out of wedlock. We indulge in what feels good, rather than what is right. There is a price to pay for that.
Yet despite all this, I still have hope, even if that hope is a little less bright today than yesterday. With God all things are possible. The ancient empires fell under the weight of their own corruption, the same type of corruption we see in America today. Nineveh was also a corrupt city in danger of destruction, yet they heeded the words of the prophet Jonah and were saved by God’s mercy. If we can experience a spiritual awakening and repent, we can also save our nation.
So I ask all of my friends at this time to join me in prayer for President Obama, not because his actions have made him worthy of our praise, but because he is the leader that the people have chosen to direct the affairs of this nation for the next four years. Pray not for the success of his agenda, which I believe to be destructive, but that as the dark days unfold in which we feel the inevitable pain of these decisions, that he will be humbled, that he will turn his face towards God, and that his heart will be changed within him (that he might be “fundamentally transformed”, one might say). Pray that he can humble himself before God and become the greatest president has ever known. Offer this same prayer for the leaders of both parties from the national level to those in our own communities. And pray that God will have mercy upon us such that we can reverse this danger before we feel the full weight of its punishment.
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