Having Eyes But They Perceive Not

This week I have been in Phoenix Arizona for training. While here I have had time to observe; here is my assessment of our culture: We are missing the message! USA Today reported this week that New Orleans was making a comeback because the French quarter was re-opening a strip joint. Hundreds of people dead due to the blast of God and you considered opening up a strip joint a measure of success? That is missing the message.

The prophet Isaiah said this in Isa 6:9: You have seen but you have not perceived; this is the unfortunate state we are in right now. The signs are plain; God is judging us for ways that are not good. We see the signs yet we don’t perceive them, instead we have legislators who are passing laws, which as base and wicked, morality is scoffed at, economically we are in a shambles and God is not lightening the pressure.

God has been pleading with this country through judgments and we as a nation are for the most part missing the message. Man tends to rationalize away judgments, which are obvious. In my last post I connected behavior (input) with quality of life (output); we as a nation are not considering our ways carefully and truthfully we ought to be.

In the book of Job, chapter 33, God informs Job that he pleads with man through judgment. Listen up, our God pleads with man through judgments, he uses the rod of correction to make people aware of his views on their behavior!

It is unfortunate that as a country we have lost Gods favor due to casting His laws and standards behinid us; II Chronicles 7:14 states the following: "If my people which are called by name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face, I will hear from heaven and heal their land". I pray these words do not fall on deaf ears; the counsel is clear, that we need to repent for our way, humble ourselves, seek His face and He will bring healing to our land. It is much easier to laugh and ignore the message but I fear the consequences of ignoring the message will only spin us into more and more chaos.

If one struggles with sin in their life and they cry out to God for forgiveness and deliverance you feel for them and you want to help them in any way you can. However, when one revels in their sin and flaunts it without shame what can God do except judge. Let us realize the state we are in as a nation, let us humble ourselves and turn from this self destructive path we are on! God promises that He will hear our prayer and He will come down and heal our land.

God Bless
Pastor Frank R Anderson