Powering UP America

Key Scripture: “For our fight is not against any physical enemy: it is against organizations and powers that are spiritual. We are up against the unseen power that controls this dark world, and spiritual agents from the very headquarters of evil. Therefore you must wear the whole armour of God that you may be able to resist evil in its day of power, and that even when you have fought to a standstill you may still stand your ground… Above all be sure you take faith as your shield, for it can quench every burning missile the enemy hurls at you.”  Ephesians 6:15-17, Phillips

Power Point:

     If we walk by what we see, we could get really discouraged couldn’t we? As I’ve been talking to the Lord about our country, I tended to get decidedly “UN-faith-Full”. I was telling Him how bad things were, and then after I finally got quiet enough to let Him talk, He began to tell me some things, which I’d like to share with you.      

     My first issue was, “How can one person make a difference?” He said, “What about Moses? He was just one person wasn’t He? And what about Joshua? Or what about John the Baptist? What about the Apostle Paul? What about Jesus? One man at a time at a crucial point in history, made all the difference. Only one man led the children of Israel out of Egypt, out of slavery and into freedom.  Only one man led them into the Promised Land.  Only one Man set us all free.

     Then He reminded me of Nehemiah, one man who rebuilt the entire city of Jerusalem. At the time he began, it was completely devastated. There was nothing left of this great city but ashes. The nation of Israel was scattered.  In Nehemiah 2, he says, “You see the distress we are in, how Jerusalem lies in waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem that we may no longer be a reproach. Let us rise up and build”

     The story of Nehemiah is a precursor of the story of the church of today. We are the wall builders. Our nation is in distress. Its gates are under attack.  As we unite to rebuild the walls of our nation we are not unlike those who united to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

     First we have to believe that God wants us restored. The second step is to come together, united in Spirit, with a mind to do the work. Then we need to begin to declare the Truth and not the facts as we see them. Truth is what will set this country free.

        God is never intimidated by His enemies. We shouldn’t be either if we’re on His side. In fact, as we’ve seen, He loves to use just one person to make a difference.  It gives each of us hope doesn’t it? I remember reading that two women faithfully praying in their kitchens began the Wales revival. Well I have a kitchen (mostly unused!) and I can pray. How about you?

Power Prayer For America:

    Father, as I understand it, You never quit before You’re finished. You never stop until the job is done. You are the keeper of the covenant with this nation and I haven’t heard You say, “STOP praying!” I haven’t heard YOU say, “You are finished.” As Nehemiah said, “Don’t let all the trouble seem small to you.” We refuse to be intimidated by the size of our enemies and we choose to begin to proclaim the promises of Your heart over this nation. Today we say, “We are the head and not the tail. You will cause the enemies who rise against us to be defeated before our faces. We shall be above only and not beneath.”  It’s not over until God says its over.

That’s the Truth that should keep marching on!

In Jesus Name.  Amen!