‘America! America! God shed His Grace on thee,
The home of the brave and the land of the
free.’
Though to you, so much
of His Grace was freely given,
Soon He’ll call on you
to account for your Grace fortune.
But before you bow, take
the oath, then take the witness stand.
Let’s review of the
purpose of Grace, and why it’s on your land.
Grace! The unmerited favor of God Almighty,
Extended to man before and after Calvary.
Manifold are the
purposes of God’s Grace to us:
--Grace manifests
His nature and character glorious.
--For those He
calls for special tasks, Grace will equip.
--And for those
whose ways are errant, Grace seeks to ‘flip’.
With quite a rocky
start and such violent history,
Some may wonder how
your Grace magnified His great glory.
Others may question
for what special tasks you have been called,
Noting that, by your
history, so many are appalled.
Many may note
across the world the good you’ve done:
--The righteous battles
at home, and wars elsewhere won
--To those in deep
need, a strong, helping hand outreached
--To those in need
of Jesus Christ, The Gospel preached
Is Grace:
--Denominator of
your ‘model democracy’?
--Reverberating
across your land of states fifty?
--The Spirit of
your legislature bicameral?
--Reflected in your
massive government federal?
How have the brush
strokes of Grace at home helped to humanize,
Racial policies and
practices that are so unwise?
And what of wealth
distribution, so highly skewed,
That will only help
your life to become …unglued?
‘America! America! God shed His Grace on thee,
The home of the brave and land of the
free.’
How will you
respond once your Grace has been totally
spent,
And as a nation,
you bow before …the Almighty’s bench?
Thankfully, God’s Grace to us has not yet run out,
Thankfully, God’s Grace to us has not yet run out,
But one day it
shall. Of this we should have no doubt.
Between now and
then, may our eyes become more opened,
To walk more
deliberately as …Grace enlightened.
