A Devotional Thought From Proverbs

At the end of Proverbs 16 verse 6, Solomon, the wise, makes this great statement, by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

This is true. It has always been true. It will never cease to be true. When men and women, boys and girls, revere God, and honor God, and lovingly fear him as a little child does his or her father, they will depart from evil. When they fear him, when they know him, they will think the LORD would not want me to do this or that or the other sinful thing, and they will depart from the evil. They will go away from it. They will stop doing evil.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if leaders of nations, and political parties, and religions, and street criminals would all begin to fear the LORD. If they did national policies would be for the good of all people, politics would be clean and decent, religion would be loving and Bible-based, criminals would turn from crime and give up their guns and other weapons, and streets would not run with blood and tears.

None of these things, unlikely as they are, can’t happen. If people start fearing and trusting the one eternal God of the universe, their hearts can be changed and the individual evil deeds will disappear. If people around the world en masse were to fear the Lord, the world would have an unprecedented period of peace and prosperity, but it takes departing from evil by fearing the Lord.

Consider what God said in Isaiah 1:18; Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Your sins that are blood red will be cleansed by the blood shed by the Savior of the world, Jesus. So if you want to personally help renew the world fear of God and depart from evil.

Another Thought From The Psalms

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. Psalm 107:33.34

These two verses speak of both the power of God, and the judgment of God. If he desires he can turn a beautiful, verdant, pastureland fed by a vibrant flowing river into a wilderness; a lush and pleasant, productive, flood plain into a desert. What follows is a natural result of the dryness. He can turn a fruitful land into barrenness, producing famine and the terrible things that come with it.

A natural question coming from such a statement is, why would God do such a thing? Why would he put the inhabitants of such a land into such a time of distress?

The answer concludes the two verses, “for the wickedness of them that dwell there.” Because the people who live in the land are doing things that are wicked. Wickedness perpetrated by the populace can put a nation at risk for losing its blessings.

This nation, America, has been a blessed, bountiful land, well- watered, and fruitful, in so many ways most of its storied history. She still is, but it is a land where wickedness is prevalent. Depending on one’s political views various list of what wicked things are among us could be made, and publicized and argued, in most cases without changing anyone’s mind, but there is one wickedness that should be agreed upon, and rejected, by all Americans.

It is wrong to kill viable pre-born babies, and  babies who have been born, some even surviving terrible abortion procedures. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist, or pro-life activist, to know that some things are wicked. Abortion and infanticide are. Some things are just wrong.

So here’s the thought question. Is our nation risking God’s judgment because of our destruction of babies? If He expresses his feelings about this pre-born and after born infanticide will our fruitful land face barrenness?

A Thought from the Psalms

The author of Psalm 96 calls earth to be glad (v. 11), “for he (God) cometh to judge the earth; he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.” Psalm 96:13

In our modern day the cries of politicians and people in general, are filled with words like equality, fairness, justice, values, and right. It sounds as though the world should be in better shape with so many agreed we need what is good. The problem lies in definitions.

Many want equality as long as they are the ones to define equality. So it is with fairness, and values, and right, as long as they are the ones who define what these things mean they want them.

At the same time they call for what is “right,” they cheer a legal statute to allow some abortions right up to the day before the baby is due. Of course, that is not right or fair or equal.

This is just one of the issues in modern society where people call for these noble words, and apply them to things that are not right, not just, not fair, not good.

And so the earth, because of people, who want to be considered right, but just do wrong and redefine it, goes its sad and weary way saying right is wrong, and wrong is right.

One day the earth’s way will be glad because the LORD is coming, and he shall judge the world with righteousness. One would think this to be something all the politicians and people would look forward to, but I don’t think it’s a popular hope. The reason? Note what the scripture says here. God will judge the people with HIS truth.

When the LORD comes all the false definitions will be in the trash heap of history, and God will judge by his truth. God’s definitions will rule the day. God’s definitions will determine justice, and equality, and fairness. Then, killing babies in the womb will be what it always has been, wrong, and worthy of judgment.

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A Devotional Thought From Leviticus

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God. After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.      Leviticus 18:1 – 4

     In His many instructions to the Jewish people, then in the wilderness preparing for their future, the LORD tells them don’t do in your lives and society what the Egyptians do in theirs. You lived there, but I’ve brought you out, and I want you to be different than they are. Also, when I bring you into the land of Canaan, the land of blessing that I will give you, do not do what the Canaanites do either. Don’t follow their ways, or laws, or ordinances.

     I am your God, and I want you to do what I instruct you to do. I want you to keep my law. I want you to live the way I prescribe.

     If you read the rest of chapter 18, you will find very numerous, direct statements about morality. I will not go into the details. They are graphic.

     The nations that inhabited Canaan defiled themselves with these sins, and that was one reason why God was casting them out of the blessed land, and giving it to His people (18:24). He spoke of putting the iniquity of these people on the land, and as a consequence pictures the land itself vomiting out the inhabitants (18:25).

     While this chapter refers specifically to God’s ancient people, and the land of promise, it should give any modern nation pause. Has the level of our societal morality sunk so low that it can compare with vomit in the gutter? Is the nation floating in a pool of filth? Will terrible immorality bring terrible consequences?

July 13, 2018

Why A Revival Of Biblical Faith And Behavior Would Benefit America Or Any Nation

And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.   Exodus 5:2

Many individuals, in this country and others around the world, if they spoke the true feelings of their hearts and minds about the God of the Bible, would echo the words of the Pharaoh of the Exodus as they are stated in Chapter 5 verse 2 of the book of Exodus in the Bible.

If they were candid they would say “I know not the LORD.” Like Pharaoh did. Why should I obey him? Why should I follow his commands? Why should I accept his moral standards?

Pharaoh then said “neither will I let Israel go.” To paraphrase, I do what I want to do even though what God wants is something different. I think it is fair to say, that feeling, pervades those today who do not know the Lord, and as a result the land(s) is filled with their reckless sinful behavior. And, their reckless sinful behavior affects the entire nation.

What Pharaoh should have known is that he was setting himself, and his nation, up for judgment. Pharaoh’s magicians summed it up when they said together to their head of government, “knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?  (Exodus 10:17).

If such a thing could happen to the greatest national power on earth at that time because of  disobedience to God…Well, you get the point.