Is there any hope for America to avoid destruction? Have we gone too far into sin to ever turn back? Many people have expressed to me their frustration with the Presidential race this year. They often have a look of anguish as they ask, “What are we going to do?”
While I certainly share their frustration with both major political parties who have completely refused to listen to the evangelical community in America, I don’t believe that our hopes as a nation hinge on the Presidential election. Number one, the Presidential race is not the most important race happening this fall. Our local elections are the most important. We will not fix America’s governmental mess by starting in Washington, or even Frankfort or Nashville. We will fix it by starting to run local candidates who believe the Bible is true, and have made it their sincere effort to live it out before they ran for office. While that is not the only qualification for office, it is the most foundational one. Until we fix local government we won’t have the know-how to ever fix state or national government. Thus, our involvement in local politics is far more important than our involvement in state or national politics.
And yes, there is hope for America! We know this is true both from the Bible and from our own history. The Bible says,
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But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;" (Psalms 103:17)Again the Bible urges us in Jeremiah 33:3,
“Call unto me and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things which you know not.”
All through the Scripture God urges us, when the darkness is greatest in our lives, to come to Him in humility and repentance and He will hear our earnest cry.
Likewise, the history of our own region urges us cry to Him for revival. In June of 1800 God came to Logan County, Ky. in a way most powerful in spirit and body. The year before, a number of people had agreed to pray every Saturday night and Sunday morning until God sent revival to Logan Co. Though then a den of outlaws with only a few Christians in the community, that county was about to change in such a powerful way it would affect the entire region. The June meeting revealed an astounding 10,000 people who had come to camp until God was done (Remember, Lexington, the then largest city in Ky., had 1800 people). And how God did come! One preacher, Barton Stone, who was not favorable to loud, boisterous meetings in churches, described the scene. He stated:
"Many, very many, fell down as men slain in battle, and continued for hours…in an apparently…motionless state…sometimes, for a few minutes, reviving and exhibiting a prayer for mercy…[They] would then rise, shouting deliverance…and address the surrounding multitude in language truly eloquent and impressive."
And what was the effect of this ‘camp meeting’? The Evangelical Magazine reported:
“The power which this revival has…in moralizing the people, is difficult to conceive…I found Kentucky, to appearance, the most moral place I had ever seen. A profane expression was hardly heard…The revival has confounded infidelity, [and] awed vice to silence.”
[1]Ladies and gentlemen, God can and wants to do this again! Will you commit to pray consistently for revival in our land?
Think about it; because if you don’t, someone else will do your thinking for you---
and for your children! And you won’t like what that brings to you. I’m Don Pinson this has been Think About It.