Thoughts after Europe, Part II
Most people in Europe don’t care about litter. In the past few weeks I’ve seen the thrones of great empires of old scattered with trash. It blows about like autumn leaves in London in Venice. It lies in piles in Rome. These aren’t even third world countries, but the people have lost interest in upkeep. Anyway, they say, other people are hired to pick up trash. Why should they do it?But that kind of mindset is death to a country. It says that as individuals, many of the citizens want little to do with the country’s welfare. “Let the system take care of it.”
In Citizen Soldiers, Stephen Ambrose says that America won WWII because of the efforts and courage of individual soldiers—each man doing the right thing. They won not because of a superior system or smarter leaders, but because each citizen soldier lead with individual initiative.
It takes that kind of mindset to sustain a country. Otherwise, empires decay and fall into ruin. They forget God and trust in a system. Will America follow the course of the world? Great men have lived and died to prevent it. Will death creep in, lulling her to sleep?
Christians should pray—pray for the welfare and preservation of faith in our country. God has blessed America. Will we turn and forget him like the Israelites? There are still millions of Christians in the States. That’s more than most countries can claim. If those millions would turn to God, daily, for his blessing, would he turn his face away? More than that, it is our duty to look to him to set up wise Christian leaders and to preserve his Word among us. Paul urges us in I Timothy that “supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are high positions…This is good and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior.”
Drew
In Citizen Soldiers, Stephen Ambrose says that America won WWII because of the efforts and courage of individual soldiers—each man doing the right thing. They won not because of a superior system or smarter leaders, but because each citizen soldier lead with individual initiative.
It takes that kind of mindset to sustain a country. Otherwise, empires decay and fall into ruin. They forget God and trust in a system. Will America follow the course of the world? Great men have lived and died to prevent it. Will death creep in, lulling her to sleep?
Christians should pray—pray for the welfare and preservation of faith in our country. God has blessed America. Will we turn and forget him like the Israelites? There are still millions of Christians in the States. That’s more than most countries can claim. If those millions would turn to God, daily, for his blessing, would he turn his face away? More than that, it is our duty to look to him to set up wise Christian leaders and to preserve his Word among us. Paul urges us in I Timothy that “supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are high positions…This is good and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior.”
Drew
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