Has Judgment Come To America? Part 2 Mary Miller
(This article was originally published in the October 2010 issue of Personal Update, the monthly news journal of Koinonia House. It is reprinted here with permission.)
In Part 1 of this article, we discussed how and why judgment is coming. In Part 2, we address the question: Is it too late?
Is it too late for America?
One Scripture still rings true and inspires hope in the hearts of many – 2 Chronicles 7:14. “If My people” has become a rally cry synonymous with “We the People” from the Constitution of the United States of America.
Both of these phrases, however, came with a price – a hefty price. The question of “Is it too late for America?” can only be addressed after answering, “Are you willing to pay the price?”
In 2 Chronicles 7:13, 14, the Lord appeared to Solomon by night and said, “If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
If my people; which are called by my name (Exodus 20:7, taking the Lord’s Name)
Shall humble themselves (Deuteronomy 8:2, time in the wilderness to humble thyself before Him; 1 Peter 5:5, be clothed in humilty for grace is given to the humble)
And pray (Matthew 6:5-15, Jesus teaches how to pray)
And seek my face (Matthew 6:33, seeking the kingdom of God, and His righteousness)
And turn from their wicked ways; (Matthew 5, Jesus sets the bar)
Then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
Each of us, called by His Name, is accountable to perform the actions of 2 Chronicles 7:14. It is a call, a reminder, from John’s First Epistle. 1 John 2:15, 16: “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.”
This is not a time to give lip service to our faith walk. Now is the time to summon the courage to give the Holy Spirit permission to take inventory of our lives and reveal those things we need to know to truly turn from our wicked ways and seek His face in prayer for this country.
Are “We The People” Anymore?
There are four fundamental works upon which America was built: the Bible, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. America is known as a “Christian Nation” because it was founded as such a nation – with known Judeo-Christian understanding of Scriptures.
James Madison, the fourth president of the United States and “Chief Architect of the Constiution,” wrote:
“The religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man to exercise it as these may dictate. This right is in its nature an unalienable right. It is unalienable, because the opinions of men, depending only on the evidence contemplated by their own minds cannot follow the dictates of other men: It is unalienable also, because what is here a right toward men, is a duty toward the Creator. It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage and such only as he believes to be acceptable to him. This duty is precedent, both in order of time and in degree of obligation, to the claims of civil society. Before any man can be considered as a member of civil society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe….”
Many voices are uniting with a call to return to America’s foundations as laid by the men known as the Founding Fathers. Some voices are reluctant prophets resembling Jonah as he told the people of Nineveh they had forty days until their demise. Some voices resemble the Maccabbees crying for revolt against Greek tyranny. And some voices still believe in the miracle of America’s founding and that God is not done with her yet.
However, this is the time to allow the question, “Has God judged America?” to pierce our collective conscience and set our feet to the path of 2 Chronicles 7:14. It is time to collectively acknowledge our Creator and put Him back in America!
