http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/love-worth-finding/player/bring-back-the-glory-261315.html  Will we be delivered from the hands of those who’ve spoiled us?

Will you follow the one who set you free?  Granted this world is messed up, but will we seek to use that excuse as comfort for our choice of unrighteous living?  Has it ever been sufficient pardon to explain away my actions with the shout of “well they did it too”?  Did any righteous judge of good conscience ever let anyone go because they made the decision to follow the actions of an evil man but claimed themselves pure?  Can we then plead insanity for abdicating our position as servants to the Most High God when faced with the evidential review of our behavior and every “off hand” or casual word we’ve spoken?  This country has done nothing different than any other nation which has forgotten the Hand which blessed them to prosperity.  This is no mystery.  It is no secret why we lose influence globally, our children fall prey to drugs, sex, violence and self-service.  We ourselves showed them the way to self-righteousness and slavery to the master of this world.  We have turned the fires of hell into a video game promising “wicked fun for everyone”.  I see rampant sin in the church and if you don’t then you are telling yourself lies or closing your eyes because you don’t want to believe.  There is no way back to glory if we as Christians do not begin with purification and obedience in our own lives. 

There will not be revival in this nation because we do not even want it in our individual lives.  We speak empty prayers not meaning them, take vows we never intended to keep and keep company with the lost, in folly believing ourselves impervious to corruption.  We consistently avoid the Word, warp the Word, forget the Word or remain ignorant of the Word thinking foolishly that this frees us from the obligation to do the Word of God.  Every man knows the truth that is God and if any of us chooses to deny that truth we are turned over to our decadent minds and in turn will seek to corrupt others.  Romans 1 as clear as the peel of locomotive horn across the winter valley.

I know the state of my life.  I know that I am a sinner saved only by grace and not by any action I’ve taken but by the actions of the Holy, Loving God I serve.  I understand that I am to turn from my sin and repent, allowing the Holy Spirit to rectify that which has been tarnished.  I understand that in a moment I was redeemed but I will be challenged time and again to remain vigilant to the path on which I have been led.  I voluntarily serve the Master who paid the price for my sin by giving up His perfectly righteous life for my life of sin.  He commands and deserves my obedience and to do otherwise is rebellion that will be measured, weighed and winnowed.  Henceforth, I am not my own man except in that I choose to do what I am told instead of follow the whispers, commands, fear or ways of my flesh, this world or the powers of unrighteous demons and fallen angels.  My actions are my most potent weapon against the enemy and my most powerful witness to those who seek freedom from bondage.  I will stand and let the Lord my God fight for me in this battle that has already been won.  I am victorious in Christ my Lord and will be seated at His feet in eternal righteous, basking in the light of His Glory and peace.  Praise Jesus all the days of this life and the next Amen.