Jeremiah 17:3-4
“‘I’ll use your mountains as roadside stands for giving away everything you have. All your ‘things’ will serve as reparations for your sins all over the country. You’ll lose your gift of land, The inheritance I gave you. I’ll make you slaves of your enemies in a far-off and strange land. My anger is hot and blazing and fierce, and no one will put it out.’”
“So I will hand over my holy mountain—along with all your wealth and treasures and your pagan shrines—as plunder to your enemies, for sin runs rampant in your land. The wonderful possession I have reserved for you will slip from your hands. I will tell your enemies to take you as captives to a foreign land. For my anger blazes like a fire that will burn forever.’”
It is a terrible thing for sinners to fall into the hands of an angry God. Americans have lost this fear. We’ve never been touched by the trauma of war on our doorstep. Our ease of living has softened us. These verses are a warning. God knows all and will not tolerate our self-interest and its resulting evils indefinitely.
Lord, how can I help my country? May I and other brothers and sisters in Christ be a healing, preserving force in our land. Show my how.