As I consider all that is happening in our nation, I still have hope. Why do I have hope? I have hope only because of what God says in His Word, the Holy Bible. Is it any wonder why the devil and his cohorts are trying to discredit and remove the Word of God in our nation. My hope, and anyone's true hope can ONLY come from what God says and what Jesus promised.
This morning in the Word of God, the prophet Hosea speaks to our nation even though God is speaking to Israel in this book of the Bible. America began its place in this world based on the Word of God, the faith of our founding fathers. Thus we have our good Constitution and Bill of Rights. But just like Israel, we have 'left' the right path of godliness. "A people without understanding WILL come to ruin." Hosea 4:14
To priests He speaks in the book of Hoseam but He is also speaking to any church leader as well who teaches others. "And it will be: Like people, like priests. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds....A spirit of prostitution leads them astray when they are unfaithful to their God." Hosea 4:9,12
"My people are destoyed for lack of [true] knowledge." Hosea 4:6
How can there be a lack of the knowledge we need when there are churches on every corner and Bibles so available everywhere, even in most homes? Are we being destroyed as a nation? How do we know if we are?
We know by all the unbelief in God, the chaos and destruction taking place. When God is hated and His Word rejected and despised, all starts to crumble that was righteous and just. If you have been watching current events you will see that America is under God's judgment by what and who He has allowed to attack from outside (with open borders) and from within our own government branches (arrogant and ignorant ideologies, and unrighteous dividing policies). Like a frog put in pan of cool water over a flame, unaware, we have been slowly dying as "one nation under God." God says, "WOE to them, because they have strayed from Me....they are easily deceived and senseless." Hosea 7:11,13
So! What is the hope I have when the nation I live in is no longer feared by our enemies as before; when this next generation of leaders are clearly so very ignorant and hopelessly deceived; when the Jews in our nation are falsely hated and attacked in our own universities where so-called education takes place? My hope is rooted in what God STILL says: "God, who is enthroned from of old, who does not change - HE hears them and will humble them because they have NO fear of God." Psalm 55:19
"As for me, I call to God. I know He still saves. All day and night I cry out to Him and He hears my voice. So I cast my cares upon the LORD, for He will sustain me, HE WILL NEVER let the righteous be shaken. Yes, I can and will - trust the LORD." (Psalm 55:16-17, 22)
