Economic Decline...Sign of a Nation That Has Turned From God

Jeremiah 2:11-13
11 Has any nation ever traded its gods for new ones,
even though they are not gods at all?
Yet my people have exchanged their glorious God
for worthless idols!
12 The heavens are shocked at such a thing
and shrink back in horror and dismay,"
says the Lord.
13 "For my people have done two evil things:
They have abandoned me—
the fountain of living water.
And they have dug for themselves cracked cisterns
that can hold no water at all!

Wow, what a description of America and our cities, towns, and communities inside our nation. Tonight, I am sitting here watching television and I see at the bottom of the screen Little Miami lost its levy bid once again. This kind of scenario is being played our everywhere across America. People are hurting, overburdened with taxes, losing jobs, losing retirement, and losing homes. Here in Ohio, it looks like the casino bill will pass. But it won't be the answer. People in Indiana and surrounding states have all of that and their respective residents are losing jobs, homes, and retirement as well. We are a nation that has lost it's way. We have forsaken, turned our back on the one true God...our cisterns are filled with leaks and cracks...and we don't have any answers for all the problems we face.

Its all so sad to watch this once great nation come apart right before our very eyes. It grieves me. Especially when it doesn't have to be this way. But like Israel, we keep trying to do it ourselves without seeking after Almighty God's help. We keep telling ourselves, "We are self-sufficient. We have always made it. We will save ourselves once again. Good ole American ingenuity...that's all we need." And if that's what we are saying. God is looking down and saying to us, "You must humble yourselves. Seek my face. Turn from wicked ways and I will forgive your sins and I will heal your land." [2 Chronicles 7:14 paraphrase]

Please continue to remember our nation in your prayers. More than ever, we as God's people must pray and seek renewal. It's not too late.

-Pastor Randy