For You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob,
because they are filled with eastern ways…
(Isaiah
2:6)
In September 1945, World War II ended,
And to global leadership, the U.S. then ascended.
Along the way, she became the only superpower,
And upon her, the fullness of My Grace I did shower.
Seventy years since, she had taken a major turn.
My Grace and great fear of Me, her people did spurn.
To repentance My continued goodness failed to lead them. 1
In their mounting sinfulness, her ‘star’ thus began to dim.
In her leadership role, the nations she began to sway.
They followed suit, lusting after ‘The American Way’.
As I forsook My ancient people, filled with eastern ways,
Behold, now a world that on ‘ways of the west’ daily graze.
To some nations, her ways are now viewed as abhorrent,
The cumulative effects of lifestyles affluent.
For her to continue enjoying My Grace favor,
Will require My people to regain their …salt savor. 2
I once agreed to relent as a destroyer,
Of two ancient cities with brimstone and sulfur,
If but only 10 righteous souls therein were found.
Now Sodom and Gomorrah are a sulfur mound.
I told Jeremiah Jerusalem I would pardon,
If he could find one man whose heart to justice was open. 3
The U.S. is blessed with many righteous souls,
Their presence protects her from my …judgment bowls.
Nevertheless…
Various forms of death remain the wages of sin. 4
From the beginning, this is how it has always been. 5
From the sentence of destruction, I will relent.
As long as My people of their wicked ways …repent.
Though to Me she turned her back,
Yet My plan for her is still intact.
By her wicked ways I am not pleased.
Pray the destroyer’s sword …will stay sheathed.
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1 ‘Do you not
realize that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?’ (Romans 2:4)
2 ‘You (Christ-followers)
are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses
its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to
be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.’ (Matthew 5:13)
‘…if My people who
are called by My name will 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)
3 See:
Jeremiah 5:1, then see 2 Chronicles 36 for the result.
4 Writ large, death--spiritual, social,
economic, climatic, of stature, physical, etc.
5 Genesis 2:17
