Psalm 106

Psalm 106: 32-43 "By the waters of Meribah they angered the Lord, and trouble came to Moses because of them; for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash words came from Moses' lips. They did not destroy the peoples as the Lord had commanded them, but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs. They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them. They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood. They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves."

Hard words to read. When I first read this account of what happened in Exodus it broke my heart. Although we've never been given the task of destroying the godless, we nonetheless have very much prostituted ourselves with the gods of power, fame, convenience, sex and pleasure. All of these things are derivatives of our collective culture and customs that have become more and more a part of the 'American way'. Our roots of Christianity in the founding of our nation have severely eroded and we are already leading the way to the post-Christian era. Am I hopeless? No, but I am dismayed.
How have we let it go so far?

First we must admit that it is as bad as it is. Then we must seek forgiveness for how we have allowed ourselves to be mowed over by secularism, materialism, individualism, relativism and a handful of other isms that should not have been so tolerated by our desire for pluralism. But, such as it is, we now must be a light for right in a fast approaching night like we haven't seen before. So let's start by calling wrong, wrong and by not being completely sucked in by every trend and new thing that comes along.

We should learn from the Word that God will be angry with us and will allow us to be oppressed in order to force us to understand this prostitution was not good for us or our nation. Verse 43 says...."Many times He delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they waste away in their sin." I hope it doesn't take that for us to turn the tide and to reclaim God's hand of favor. I am not one to usually ring this bell this loud, but I can't deny that I see the erosion and can measure the slippage.

Hopefully we can stem the tide, hold our ground and pray that our nation will turn from its wicked ways. If His people do that, He will respond. The Bible promises us that. We need healing, deliverance and restoration. Pray for our great country to have a spiritual and moral revival.

With His grace, Pastor Fred

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