Psalm 102:18-20. “This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord. For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth; to hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;”
AFFLICTION. We are in trouble, deep trouble, as a nation Not so much from without, demanding capitulation – But from within despite our blessed situation As a people, we have ignored the God of our salvation.
We have allowed ourselves to view ourselves with pride And we are being eaten alive by sin from inside And self-centeredness has left us in spiritual darkness to abide Rapidly increasing our narcissism in this moral mudslide.
God has been gracious to us, not visiting us yet in His wrath We are like people with no fear of God, not even fear of death Very few people even care about what God in His Word has saith Not realizing nations, like people, die when God stops their breath.
New illnesses arise, claiming lives almost without notice People expect God to do wonders only when they’re hopeless Forgetting all the blessings we have and the heritage He gave us We are rapidly sliding downward without fear or repentance.
Looking around at the carelessness causing affliction I wonder at the fact that there is so little contrition There is no fear of God, and people mock the words of condemnation Thinking only of self and now, believing the grave is the final destination.
Stop, O stop – let this generation awaken –
Turn from our evil ways lest all freedoms be taken Because of forsaking God, our light is now darkened And God is giving us our way because to Him we did not hearken.
“Holy God, our nation has made such downward strides in the last year or two that the moral deterioration is becoming obvious even to those who are not Christians. Hear my prayer of intercession for our country and the people who seem to have no fear or respect for Thee. Turn us back to a reverential fear of Thee in some way, O God. It happened briefly on 9/11/01 but didn’t last too long. Awaken us before all opportunity has passed forever to return to Thee. I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”