God hears His people,
if ...
This was originally from September 10, 2014, so there's a "9/11" theme to it. But - it struck me, as I'm having trouble "hearing from God" right now - it really applies any time. More on that - at then end.
As we approach another anniversary of 9/11, I was thinking last night about how we respond to what’s happening in the world right now with the “radicalized terrorists” - people that are followers of what they believe to be Islam - people that do what they do for their view of who god is - essentially people who call out to their god for support.
But - what about us? What about the Christians in the world?
The big news from the government right now is going to be President Obama’s speech (yes, another one) on what he’s going to do (or not do) about the situation (if he in fact even believes there is one) with ISIS / ISIL / IS. Many people are waiting to hear what he has to say. According to the polls this morning - it seems that most people are hoping to hear that he’s finally going to get tough - that he’s finally going to acknowledge that a problem really does exist - that he’s going to do something about it - and that he’s going to protect “his” people.
The thing is - no one’s afraid of the U.S. anymore. No one believes the government is capable of taking care of its own citizens, let alone do anything in other parts of the world. Look at Russia. Look at China. Look at the Middle East. Look anywhere. Look right here at home.
Why is that?
How did we go so far down so quickly?
It’s not a popular thing to say - but let’s go back to 2006 when President Obama said we aren’t a Christian nation anymore.
That’s bad enough - when the leader of a country says something like that.
Think about the title of this article -
God hears His people
God heard that!
God heard the words of the person chosen by the people of what had been originally populated by people escaping religious persecution - and now the people of that land willingly chose a leader who didn’t believe that this was a Christian nation any longer.
Like I said -
that’s bad enough.
But - how about this, from an L A Times article of July 31, 2012 -
Evangelical leaders echo Obama, say U.S. not a Christian nation
Yes - God heard that too.
The article is pretty short - so here’s the whole thing:
President Obama has taken plenty of heat in conservative Christian circles for a remark he made in 2006 in which he said that the United States was no longer “just” a Christian nation, but was religiously diverse. Now, it turns out, he has allies for that view: evangelical Christian leaders.
In a statement issued Tuesday, the National Assn. of Evangelicals said that when it surveyed selected evangelical leaders about whether the United States was a Christian nation, 68% said no.
“Much of the world refers to America as a Christian nation, but most of our Christian leaders don’t think so,” said Leith Anderson, the association’s president. “The Bible only uses the word ‘Christian’ to describe people and not countries. Even those who say America is a Christian nation admit that there are lots of non-Christians and even anti-Christian beliefs and behaviors.”
The association said that some respondents to its June survey said, in essence, that “perhaps the United States was a Christian nation, but it is no longer.” Others rejected the idea of that a nation can be “Christian” altogether.
Not that God didn’t already know this -
but when He listens to us -
this is what he hears.
It’s pretty sad.
But it gets worse.
When I saw the quote about -
“The Bible only uses the word ‘Christian’ to describe people and not countries.
I had to check it out.
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