If my people...

There is something that's been on my heart as of late, and I am hesitant to even post it because it's kind of harsh, but I believe this morning the Lord has placed it on my heart specifically so I could write it.  I know many people are coming out on Facebook and other social media and are seemingly disgusted by the ways of our country.  We as a nation have legalized same sex marriage, and we as a nation are supporting a company that sells aborted babies' parts.  The outcry in Christian circles has been tremendous.
My question is this: what are we as believers in Christ doing to change our nation?  Are we speaking out against these evils?  Are we supporting pregnancy centers and hope centers that give mothers options?  Are we contacting our Congressmen to tell them what we think?  Are we giving a public outcry on Facebook, Twitter, etc?  Are we merely grumbling but taking no action?  What are we doing to change our nation?  If you are someone who is doing these things, GREAT!!!  None of these actions are incorrect (except the grumbling one I guess).  It is important to speak out, to others, to Congressmen, to publicly share your disapproval, it is important to give expectant mothers another option.  But are these things alone going to change our nation?
I believe that a time of great shaking is coming to this nation.  The warning signs have been showing for years, but we have chosen to ignore them.  Instead of allowing these warnings to drive us into the arms of God, we as a nation have shaken our fist and said WE WILL FIX IT!  WE will do what needs done to change our nation.  WE will fight against those that are attacking us.  As a nation, we have more rapidly turned from the things of God than even seems possible.  These warnings that our Merciful Father in Heaven have given us have driven us straight into the arms of the enemy.  And lest we as believers shake our heads at the "heathens" in this nation, it's the church's fault.  (Before you stop reading take a moment and ask God to open your eyes to the truth.  As in all things that I write, I ask that you will pray to God to show you the truth.)
Let me explain what I mean when I say it's the church's fault.  We as believers in Christ have become so caught up in appearances that we have turned from the truth.  Instead of "letting our light shine before men," (Matthew 5:16) we have tried to make ourselves look and act a certain way.  I have seen numerous articles about why millennials are leaving the church, and to be brutally honest, I had even thought about walking away myself for a while, not from God but from the church. I didn't because I saw the importance in Scripture placed on meeting together.  I believe the reason that my generation is leaving the church is because we are sick of white washing.  We grew up seeing our parents generation so busy trying to white wash everything; making the house look good instead of making the house solid.  We grew up with our needs forgotten because we had to appear a certain way, we couldn't let people see our hurts because then they might look down on us, they might judge us.  This is NOT THE WAY OF THE BODY OF CHRIST!!  We in the church have come to a place where we are afraid of what others might think, that we forget about Truth.
The awesome thing about God is that there is HOPE! A Scripture that has been on my mind and heart for months is this: If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves adn pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from Heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land (1 Chronicles 7:14).  God is not asking for our nation to completely turn back to Him, He is asking that HIS PEOPLE turn back to Him.  We are the believers, called Christians, we are called by HIS NAME.  If we humble ourselves and pray and seek His face and turn from our wicked ways.  We as believers, as Christians, need to step up to the plate, and realize our fault in the evils of our nation.  We have allowed things to happen, and in many cases we have ACTIVELY participated in the evils of this nation.  We as a church have turned away from God, and as we have gone, so has the nation.  It's not the other way around as much as we would like to believe it to be true.  We have become apathetic and tried to fit in to the world around us instead of being set apart as we are called to in Scripture.  As that happened, we stopped caring about Truth, we stopped caring about the things that truly matter.
So my challenge to each one of you that reads this post is this: RISE UP OH PEOPLE OF GOD!  Rise up and pray!!! Seek the face of God and beg His forgiveness for our sins!


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