The Answers To Our Country’s Problem
14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Philippians 2:1-52
Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
1 John 4:20
20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.
John 13:34-35
34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
Matthew 25:35-40
35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
I don’t know about you, but I am deeply concerned about the things that I see going on in our country these days. Our Christian values seem to be on the line more so than ever. It seems that it has become popular to use social media as a platform to vent, to bully, and to be as cruel as possible to those who don’t share our same political point of view. This can be dangerous in that it causes divisiveness.
Whatever happened to love and respect? In God’s word, we are commanded to love one another as well as to respect one another. John 13 34-35 states, “A new command I give you: Love one another as I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this, everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
We are also commanded in 1st Peter 2:17 to respect one another. ” Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God…..”.
And yes, there are even instructions in the Bible on how we are to treat foreigners. Leviticus 24:22 states. “You are to have the same law for the foreigner and the native-born. I am the LORD your God.” Leviticus 19:33-34 When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord God.
Everything that is causing divisiveness in our country today is addressed in God’s Word. Our hearts have been hardened to truth, and to righteousness therefore, we have not been willing to listen to God’s voice in all of the chaos. We have to not only be willing to listen to God, but also to listen to one another.
Maybe if we spent less time on social media and more time in God’s Word, and in prayer that would shut down some of the hatred that has been spewing out all over the place.
In 2nd Chronicles 7:14 God gives us a promise; ” If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and heal their land. Let’s agree that going forward, we will be part of the solution and not the problem. We are so much better than what’s currently on display to the rest of the world.
Let’s do better and let’s be better!
