FROM THE KEYBOARD

Our land has been taken captive by group-think and will only be set free by returning to how God thinks. You see, if we begin to think as God thinks, we will begin to act as God would have us act. And it is repentance and godliness (not the game of politics) that is needed right now. As the church, the onus is on us. "A wise man will hear and increase learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel” (Proverbs 1:5).

Psalm 119:71 states, "It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes." Question: How can an affliction be good? Answer: The affliction can be considered good when the affliction brings us to God. You see, whether it is affliction that comes personally, or crisis that comes nationally, God is always looking to bring us to Christ-conformity. Further, affliction is often the tool God uses to chisel His Church into His image on earth.

A country in rebellion is a country in ruin. It is obvious that the foundation of our nation is crumbling. And there is only one way to rebuild (and it’s clearly not "build back better"), it must be build back biblical. "Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain" (Psalm 127:1).

Truth never tolerates a lie. Good never celebrates evil. Righteousness never participates in wickedness. Why? Because we the people who are governed by the Gospel do not conform to Babel. In fact, in these times most critical, our land needs a Church most biblical. "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" (Isaiah 5:20)

Psalm 11:3 says, "If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?" The righteous ought to keep doing what’s right in the face of wrong (Romans 12:21), let God’s unchangeable word define right from wrong (Hebrews 5:14), keep speaking right when things are wrong (Proverbs 12:17), and trust that the Lord will one day right every wrong (Romans 12:19). The righteous ought to remember the Lord’s high and heavenly position over our low and earthly conditions. "The Lord is in His holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men" (Psalm 11:4).

Godliness is not a means of gain because gaining God is the meaning of godliness. You see, becoming more like God has nothing to do with the material and everything to do with character. It is about having a new nature, going from being governed by our fallenness to being governed by godliness. "Men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself. Now godliness with contentment is great gain. (1 Timothy 6:5-6).