How close to the edge are we?

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We learned from Saturday's passage that Rehoboam had a bit of a pride problem. That's a scary characteristic for a leader to have. It (as he know) can lead him from accepting wise counsel. It can lead to oppression of the people. And since where you lead, people will follow, it can lead a whole nation in a very wrong direction.

In chapter 12 we read that after his position was established and he had become strong, Rehoboam abandoned the law of the Lord - and all Israel with him. As a result, God's hand of protection is removed and the nation is attacked.

Reading this made me wonder about our own nation - a nation established on the principals of the law of the Lord. A nation who calls itself, "One nation under God" and prints on it's money "In God we trust". Yet it seems over time that the the stronger this nation became, the more it abandoned the law of the Lord. It made me wonder how far we are from having God completely removed his hand of protection from us. I wonder if we aren't just teetering on the edge of that cliff. And I'm grateful there is still a remnant in our nations that stands on the law of the Lord.

I'm proud to be part of that remnant. But I also realize that this is not a time for the church to become prideful in the fact that they still stand on God's laws, and expect to continue to live under his protection. I believe we are being called, in complete and total humility and submission to God to take a stand, to rise up, to boldly call for our leaders to return to following the laws of the Lord. I believe we are also being called to be on our knees with faces to the ground in intercession for our Nation. I pray that each of us make a renewed commitment to pray for our land, the leaders, and all the people. May we join together in leading the way back to following the law of the Lord.

Today's post was submitted by Carol Bartels