Is there still "goodness" in the U.S.A.?

I've returned home and to my regular bible reading, Ladies, and today I am found questioning.

Lord, are we any different than the Israelites 2,000 plus years ago? You have led us and fed us, but aren't we going 10,000 directions instead of the straight and narrow? They asked for a king. We demand a president. Their king began to no longer pay attention and some where down the line our President(s) no longer paid attention either.

2 Chronicles 11:15 NLT "So the king paid no attention to the people's demands. This turn of events was the will of God, for it fulfilled the prophecy of the LORD spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat by the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh."

Did you catch that? This turn of events was the will of God. Isn't our turn of events also the will of God? 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5. Check it out! verse 4 & 5 NIV so encourages me, "But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness." Notice it doesn't say that we won't be sad or hurt, but that we should not be surprised.

2 Timothy 3: 1-5 NIV "But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them."

I was encouraged when I read 2 Chronicles 12:7a NLT "When the LORD saw their change of heart". I truly pray that we, the Remnant of Believers will along with God see a change in our hearts, the hearts of the American people. What an amazing thing that would be to witness, amen? AMEN! Verse 12 of this same chapter spoke to me as well, "Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD's anger was turned aside, and he did not destroy him completely. And there was still goodness in the land of Judah." I pray that President Obama will humble himself, that the Lord's anger will turn aside and we will not be completely destroyed, that there would still be goodness in the land of the United States of America.

Father, Thank You for WHO You are and for the sacredness of the allowance to be Your child. For the change You have made and CONTINUE to make in my heart. Lord, I want NONE of 2 Timothy 3:2-5 to be found in me, if it is, LORD, please take it from me. I know that YOU ALONE ARE POWER. I do not deny You. I ask that we would be found, as a Nation, hungering and thirsting after You. I pray that there would be a Remnant that rises to the challenge set before us, to be found lifting our Nation to the throne room. Seeking forgiveness, a humbled heart and weeping for the sins of our Nation. Lord, may we join You as we are not surprised, yet found yearning for things to be made right. Right in Your sight and aligning with the Word of God. Praise You Father, Praise You. Amen.

Lovingly,
Yolanda @ Higher Grounds