Do We Really Want God to Help Us and Bless America? (Part 2)

How can we ask God to bless us when we participate in what He hates?

Proverbs 14:34 says, “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.”

The only way America will get out of it’s current troubles is by obeying God. Our only hope is to turn back to righteous living. Obedience to God brings blessings while disobedience results in curses (Deuteronomy 28).

Since we ask God to bless us as a nation, and since our President takes an oath on the Holy Bible, I thought it would be okay to state three ways we can get back to righteous living and once again receive God’s blessings. They are:

(1) Honor our marriage covenants and stop divorcing.

15 Has not the LORD made them one? In flesh and spirit they are his. And why one? Because he was seeking godly offspring. [e] So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. 16 "I hate divorce," says the LORD God of Israel.” Malachi 2:15-16

(2) Give generously and stop robbing God.

8 "Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. "But you ask, 'How do we rob you?' "In tithes and offerings. 9 You are under a curse—the whole nation of you—because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. 11 I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit," says the LORD Almighty. 12 "Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land," says the LORD Almighty. Malachi 3:8-12

(3) Protect life and stop killing our babies.

16 There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood. Proverbs 6:16-17 (What is more innocent than the blood of a baby?)

If there is a God, we had better listen to what He communicates to us. If not, then no big deal and I should shut up. Boy, that seems like a big chance to take.

If there is a God, we must love what He loves and hate what he hates. If we turn our hearts back to him, then, maybe the words “God bless America” can become a reality instead of a political catchphrase! And, maybe we can witness the condition of America change for the better.

What do you think?