While reading about Babylon’s attack against Jerusalem in Ezekiel 24:1-14, I saw where God said, “Destruction is certain for Jerusalem” (verses 6 and 9). I realized that if God did not spare this beloved City of David because of the people’s wickedness, then we need to pray for the United States of America.
The USA has come so far from where it started from as a nation with the motto, “In God We Trust.” What happened? Did we become a proud nation and forget the God who kept us throughout the years?
The first of the Ten Commandments state:
“I am the LORD your God, who rescued you from slavery in Egypt. Do not worship any other gods besides me,” (Exodus 20:2,3). Surely, the true and living God who tolerates no rivals is not pleased when our worship is directed toward the gods of pride, power, and money.
God spoke about the Temple at Jerusalem that King Solomon built and said, when trouble comes upon the land (and trouble will come at times), “Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and heal their land. I will listen to every prayer made in this place, for I have chosen this Temple and set it apart to be my home forever. My eyes and my heart will always be here,” (2 Chronicles 7:13-16).
The Western Wall is all that remains of the Temple Mount that was destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE. Why did God allow that fabulous Temple to be destroyed and his chosen people to be scattered and taken into captivity? Their wickedness was punished because God also said this:
But if you abandon me and disobey the laws and commands I have given you, and if you go and worship other gods, then I will uproot the people of Israel from this land of mine that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have set apart to honor my name. I will make it a spectacle of contempt among the nations. And though this Temple is impressive now, it will become an appalling sight to all who pass by. They will ask, “Why has the LORD done such terrible things to his land and to his Temple?” And the answer will be, “Because his people abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and they worshiped other gods instead. That is why he brought all these disasters upon them,” (2 Chronicles 7:19-22).
I penned the following words as I cried out to God on behalf of America:
Please God, Bless America
America – a rainbow of people speaking different dialects
Flaunting their culture and their religious sects
Striving to maintain individuality
In a melting pot or salad bowl which demands conformity.
Mothers – pre-teens to senior citizens practicing sexual immorality
Reproducing young, in a perverted monogamous society
Waiting in lines for AFDC, WIC vouchers, food stamps, and such
Not even expecting the biological fathers to help out much.
Entertainment – tis evil personified in the youth of this land
Violence via a television tube, giant screen, and a gun in hand
Drugs, alcohol, sex, pornography, smoking, and junk foods abound
Killing them softly and creating a shortage of plots in the ground.
Religion – freedom to worship God is what our forefathers sought
To preserve religious freedom – not abolish it – they fought
Exalted today are idol gods like celebrities, fame, money, and fancy cars
While the gospel is confined to beautiful buildings behind bars.
Ignorance – teach the children reading, writing, and arithmetic too
In this land of opportunity with so much to see and do
Yet, despite high school diplomas and expensive college degrees
People still struggle to find and maintain jobs to supply their basic needs.
Culture – As American as baseball, hamburgers, and apple pie
Are ditching and dropping out of school, and death-row inmates waiting to die
Imported goods and cars, plus stock and land sales to foreign investors
In this automated society void of love, where racial hatred festers.
Amnesty – Allied troops are deployed around the world
Having problems in your homeland? For you our flag is unfurled
America the land which once proclaimed English its native tongue
Home of the free where both slaves and slavemasters have sung…
God bless America, my home, sweet home.
Please God, bless America. Restore my home; sweet home.
-by Gloria Shell Mitchell