After 9/11, everyone was saying “God bless America,” but which God, which America, what blessing?

Is it the God of the Bible or the God of political correctness? Is America founded to be a light to the nations, a new Jerusalem, source of Gospel missions, refuge of the Jewish people, friend of freedom and morality?

Or the America that’s the chief exporter of pornography, immorality, sodomy and the god Mammon, which has daily blasphemed God on its media airwaves, and advocated the killing of tens of millions of unborn children — an entire generation?

The blessing of safety and prosperity — so we can continue in sin?

No, the point isn’t “God bless America,” the point is “America, bless God.” The focus of our prayer isn’t to be our nation’s prosperity, but our nation’s repentance. In our own lives, our prayers tend to focus on God blessing us, but more important is that we repent and live in God’s will.

We can’t expect his blessings if we don’t submit to his will. Pray and seek that our lives be truly in his will. Bless God with our obedience, and God will bless us with his best.

Marcel LeRoi

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