Who Presides over America?

 

In his famous 1775 speech before the Virginia Convention assembled at St. George's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Patrick Henry was very accurate in his assessment of the unjust treatment of American colonists by Great Britain. He was also correct in his prophetic prediction that only armed resistance would stop the increasingly aggressive and unjust actions of King George and Parliament. 

The most famous quote from his speech comes from his emotional concluding appeal,

"I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death"

But in this speech, he issued a more foundational and timely declaration of truth with the words...

"A just God presides over the destinies of nation's"

If we, the inheritors of the faithful and courageous actions of men and women like this, believe the same truth, we must repent and experience the same blessings of obedience to God's beneficent rule or we will experience the consequences of rebellion and rejection of the sovereignty of our just God. 

"If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land" (2 Chronicles 7:14).

Wanna make America great (in HIS eyes) again? Join the echo of the voices of more than four hundred years of believers by praying for our return to the just and merciful sovereignty of God. And with His mercy and grace, do your best to live that way yourself.