Lord, I come to You this morning because my heart is heavy with all that is going on in the world, and especially in America. I do not understand how a country built upon You, that received Your blessing and Your protection, could drift this far from the truth. It grieves me to see what is happening. Like Lot, whose righteous soul was troubled by what he saw around him, I feel that same weight within me. It is not that I lack faith, but I am trying to understand what You are doing in this time and in this place. And I realize that if they can reject the very foundation that was built on You, then I know they will have no respect for me either. So I come to You, not because I am without direction, but because I want understanding. I want to see what You see and understand what You are allowing.
And in that quiet place, where that question rested before Him, the Lord responded to me and said, “I see you. I see what you see, and I understand why it grieves you. The weight you feel is not misplaced, because your heart is aligned with Me, and what troubles you reflects what is being revealed in the world. The turning away from truth, the rejection of what was once established, and the hardness of heart you are witnessing are not hidden from Me, nor are they unexpected. Do not think that I am surprised by these things, because I spoke of them long before you saw them. I told you there would be a falling away, that truth would be rejected, and that what is right would be called wrong. What you are witnessing is not the loss of My control, but the revealing of the condition of man when he chooses to turn from Me. I have seen nations rise in blessing when they walk with Me, and I have seen them drift when they choose their own way. What was once established can be abandoned, and what was once honored can be rejected, but none of this moves Me from My throne. I made the earth by My power, and I still hold it together by My wisdom. What feels like disorder to you is not outside of My authority. I stretched out the heavens by My understanding and placed every star where it belongs. I have not lost one of them, and I have not lost what is happening on the earth either. What you are seeing is part of a greater unfolding, where what is hidden in the heart of man is being brought into the open, and where the separation between truth and deception is becoming clear.
“Even in this, I have not turned away from those who seek Me. I have seen your heart, and I have heard your prayers—not only for yourself, but for your nation, for truth, and for what is right. Nothing you have brought to Me has been ignored. Even when it seemed quiet, I was not absent. You see the condition of a nation, but I see every heart within it, and I am still calling, still drawing, still working in ways you cannot fully see. You are not carrying this alone, and you were never meant to carry it as if it depends on you.
“So do not let your heart become unsettled as though something unexpected is happening. I told you these things so that when they came, you would not be shaken. Stay close to Me in the middle of what you see, and do not carry what belongs to Me to carry, but bring it to Me and trust Me with it. I am not surprised by what is happening, I am not absent from it, and I am not finished. Nations may drift, truth may be rejected, and the world may turn from what was once established, but I do not move. My truth has not changed. My authority has not weakened, and My purposes are still unfolding exactly as I have spoken. So, while you watch what is happening, do not let your heart be pulled with it, but remain in Me, steady and unmoved, knowing with certainty that I am still on the throne, and I always will be—and I see you.”