"Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain" (Psalm 127:1).
When I was a pastor in Altoona, Pennsylvania, four decades ago, I often served as a substitute teacher in two junior high schools and a high school. One of the schools prominently displayed a quotation of Philippians 4:8 on the front wall of its auditorium. I would like to revisit that school to see if the display still exists. I doubt that it does. In recent years we have witnessed a concerted effort to strip away religious symbols, objects, and observances from all public buildings. Our nation has become increasingly secular and less noticeably Christian.
But it hasn't become non-religious. Those who refuse to acknowledge God still worship something: money, possessions, self, reason, science, etc.
Judgment will come, as surely as it did for Israel in the times of the Judges. There was a penalty for their disregard for God and pursuit of false gods (Judges 2:13-15). Let's endeavor to draw our nation back to God one heart at a time-starting with our own!
from Anchor Devotional
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