I believe this anomaly exists because it allows God to have a people who live in such peace, that they are able to express His love throughout the world in faraway places. The God given freedoms of this country also allow people from all nations to come and live where they can dwell in peace and hear His Good News from His faithful people.
Our purpose as Christians is not to promote our nation but our God. This nation makes these things possible only by His grace. Let’s begin to radically love the world. God has us in this situation for a purpose, and that purpose is greater than any American Dream. It is to bring Him Glory.
The Glory of God for the refugees and aliens who live among us. The Glory of God for the world as we share the prosperity we have been given, only by His Grace. The Glory of God to all peoples as we pray. Praying for those who have been sent, for those who are persecuted, for those who have yet to hear, for those who would even want to bring harm to our soil.
The Glory of God to the nations we harmed when we came to these soils centuries ago (Yes, we had the gospel, but we also had a lot of baggage too). The Glory of God to those who's forebears stepped on to our soils in chains and shame.
Not praying as one without hope. Not praying a couple little repeated phrases. Not praying with big words in a distant far away voice, but praying with a broken heart, with tears, or even on our faces beseeching the Lord of the Harvest to send us, His people, into the harvest.
Matthew 9: 36-38 Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”
Look at Mordecai’s words to Esther as an encouragement and as a warning.
Esther 4:13-14 Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not imagine that you in the king’s palace can escape any more than all the Jews. “For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?”
God is speaking in His word of another time and place, but the spiritual significance can be eternal.
This reference from Esther just now came to mind, and was not planned when I started writing. I believe God’s Holy Spirit dropped this into my mind. He has a purpose in this writing and in the life of every believer. Let this remind us of the Source of ALL prayer, of ALL good works, of ALL life.
We are connected to Father God through the Holy Spirit who is our helper in this life. We only have this available to us because of the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus Christ, who bore ALL of our sins on the cross. Let us accept this free gift of His and let His Spirit lead us in ALL prayer, ALL good works, ALL life.
Be thankful we live in such a time, and place, as this. It is a gift and a responsibility.
Let His Spirit lead us in our prayers and to action.
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