How often do you hear a politician use the phrase, this great nation...? But what exactly is the cause of a nation being great? Wealth? Power? Freedom? Security?
Well, I think I can provide a biblical answer.
Deuteronomy 4: 5-8 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for? And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
That's right, a nation's greatness is not found in its natural resources, not in its armies, or even in its political system. It is found in the nation's adherence to Jehovah's law as found in the Bible.
May I suggest that the inverse is also true.
Deuteronomy 4: 9 goes on to say: Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
What if a once great nation were to ban God's word from its schools and its government? How long would that nation remain great?
Just something for us to consider next time we are feeling a little too patriotic.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
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