Inside: Join us as we pray that our Nation will wake up, humble ourselves, pray, seek God’s face, turn from our wicked ways, and cry out to God.
As we have approached this election season (and are now well into early voting in most areas), I have found myself regularly praying for our nation. Like many of you, I recognize there are officials in positions of authority who do not love God. They do not love His Word. They do not love the principles of God’s Word and God’s Law, which have been the foundation of our society since our inception. They are at war with God’s basic definitions of right and wrong, and they are abusing their Biblical duty as God’s agents on earth to restrain evil and promote good (Rom 13:3-4 and 1 Pet 2:14). They do not love, nor do they seek to honor or obey, the Constitution of the United States, to which they were required to swear an oath of support in order to assume their leadership positions.
2 Chronicles 7:14
In light of this situation, I have been praying. I have prayed that Christian Americans will wake up, will humble themselves, pray, seek God’s face, turn from our wicked ways, and cry out to God in repentance of our national (and personal) sins. I pray also that God will hear us from heaven, forgive our sin, and heal our land, as described to Solomon for Israel in 2 Chronicles 7:14. If you have read my articles, you know I love the founding principles of our nation, and our national founding documents like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. However, I firmly believe – and more strongly every day – that this is a spiritual battle. We need to cry out to God. If God decides to heal this land as a result of our repentance and turning back to Him, then there is NOTHING those who oppose Him can do to stop Him. Another passage that shows clearly that God allows his hand to move in response to the prayers and repentance of His people is Jeremiah 18:7-10, so check that one out too…
Psalm 140
Anyway, with all that in mind, I ran across Psalm 140 this morning and I wanted to share it with you. It reminded me there is nothing new under the sun – God has seen all this kind of thing before and He knows how to deal with it. Psalm 140 is a prayer of David when he was dealing with very similar situations. I hope this Psalm is an encouragement to you as it was for me.
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah. Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins (traps) for me. Selah. I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD. O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
Psalm 140
Pray for the Election and for our Nation!
Please join me in praying for this election! Please pray our nation will repent and turn back to God! Let’s pray the Lord will remove those in positions of authority who hate Him and hate His Word. Let’s pray He will remove those who have abandoned their Biblical role and are instead working to restrain good, and promote evil. Let’s pray He will replace them with those who love God, who love our nation, who love the Biblical principles upon which we were built.
I am praying with you! Thank you all.
Thank you so much for sharing another well written, to the point article.
I voted early and turned it in the same day. I live in Maricopa County, Arizona.
I am taking the opportunity to be a “pole watcher” through True to the Faith. They are the only one where the door opened for me to help and I tried many ways the last two years to help work through the mess we had in the 2020 election. I was very disappointed but this is obviously where the Lord wants me. I have secured a sub for my classroom responsibilities.😊👏👏😊
I too have focused on prayer because I came to the same conclusion over a year ago, unless the Lord works in this election a
Satan will have the upper hand.
I appreciate the truth of Philippians 4 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” That includes living successfully in His peace until He takes control.
Thanks again for a very truthful article.
Thank you for your encouraging words! …and thank you also for making the investment to get involved with your local elections! I pray God’s will to be done in this election, and that He will lead us to cry out to Him in repentance! Thank you again for your comment!