" EXALTED Nation ? "

Proverbs 14:34   " Righteousness exalteth a nation:  BUT sin is a reproach (disgrace) to any people. "

     In his inaugural address on January 20, 1993, William Jefferson Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States of America, made this statement:  " There is nothing wrong with America which cannot be corrected by that which is right about America. "  Is that true ?  Ultimately, it depends upon what he considered to be right and wrong about America. If the then-incoming President, as most politicians do, saw the  "wrong"  as problems of economics, the political system, and the lack of peace, and the  "right"  as the will and ability to change, then he was wrong. The reality is that, morally, little is right about America, and the problems facing us are largely due to sin. When nearly 70 million babies have been aborted (murdered) and sinful sexual practices are accepted as "alternate lifestyles,"  that is sin. When GOD is essentially outlawed from our nation's everyday existence, that is sin. Solomon's words pierce the heart and soul of America:  " Sin is  a  reproach  to  any  people. "  It is righteousness, not government policies or political maneuverings, that exalts a nation. If our nation and leaders truly desire to be leaders among nations, then we must return to the path of righteousness.

     If it is not beneath our present President, Congress, and the Supreme Court, as statesman, to take lessons from the Bible, then let them ponder the sound political maxim in today's text. A connection exists between godliness and prosperity and between ungodliness and misery, in the case of nations as well as individuals. In the annals of Israel, as they were a righteous nation or sinful nation, they were distinguished by corresponding exaltation or reproach (Deut.28). That principle holds true today. JED

Your servant in CHRIST,

Julie

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