By Henry Blackaby
[God says,] “If my people, who bear my name, humble themselves, pray and seek my face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14).
It is the people of God who can truly shape a nation. Generally, politicians and governments cannot restore a nation once it is on a downward slide. While leaders and governments can influence a nation, there is no group of people who can determine the future of a nation like God’s people.
As go the people of God, so goes the redemption of the world. God is therefore working mightily among his own. We are closer to either revival or judgment than we have ever been. There is no alternative between these two. Either God’s people return to him with all of their hearts, or God will judge our nation. We do not have to guess how that judgment will look or how thorough it will be. The Bible indicates how God judges his people. Any nation that turns away from God comes under his judgment. When God judged the Northern Kingdom of Israel, he annihilated them. When God judged Judah, the Southern Kingdom, he destroyed Jerusalem, decimated the temple, and exiled the people for 70 years. God also took the people in Jesus’ day and scattered them so thoroughly that they did not join together as a nation again for 1,900 years, just as Jesus predicted.
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