The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall. Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.
(Psa 27:1-3)

There is much fear across America today.  Uncertainty is the rule and confidence is falling like the leaves of autumn.  This is the end result of placing hopes in the hands of men.  Forty five years ago eight men decided that prayer in schools was against the law of the land. The Lord was not needed or wanted in school.  Instead, morality was to be derived from the minds of men.  Wise men could guide us in all disputes.  We should trust them that they had the education, the temperament, the experience to know what was best for all. 

For forty five years we have reaped corruption: greed and embezzlement; perjury in high officials; theft by individuals, corporations, and the government; promiscuity, STD's, and child molestation; hatred, abortion, murder on every side; younger generations scorn the elder and parents abandon children.  The list is endless and the resultant misery is far greater than the list.

Now it appears that the enemies of God are ascendant and will triumph in all they do and imagine.  It seems as if we, like David, are surrounded by an overwhelming enemy. 

This is not so!

We must remember that God is a majority in and of Himself.  When we join Him then we become a majority--an Army of One.  He is our Light.  Light to see and understand the times and know what must be done.  He is and shall be our Salvation.  No more can we attempt to achieve a merely political solution to a spiritual problem in America.  We must return to the Lord, confessing our sins and the sins of the nation.  Then we shall stand and boldly proclaim the truth of the scriptures to the nation.  The times are dark to be sure, but are they as dark as they were in our past?  Fifty six men sought the Lord for days and weeks in 1776, praying for three hours one time before beginning work on the Declaration of Independence.  They had no army and no navy, yet took on and defeated the greatest power of the day. 

Our task today is not one of arms or revolution, but of prayer,fasting, and the Word of God.  Our weapons are the same weapons that turned the Roman world upside down.  They are the true weapons that brought freedom to America and to every soul that has ever believed the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Our motto should be the same motto that the founders had: No King but King Jesus. 

Yet we are not to scorn those in authority, but to pray for them.  If they are righteous we pray for them.  If they are unrighteous we pray for them.  We are to make known to all the law of God and the judgment of God.  We are not to overlook the sin of those we like, nor ignore the good of those we do not like.  We are not to condemn any persons, but to declare the truth of their actions in the light of God's word. 

This is not as easy as a political solution and it will be fiercely opposed.  We must remember that our enemies are "not flesh and blood."'  It is in private and corporate prayer that battles will be won and nowhere else.  We need not fear the outcome, for the war has already been won!  Even when surrounded, we must remember that in the hand of God we cannot fall.  Many will oppose us, yet we will remain confident. Confident, not in ourselves or our ideas, but in the justice, the mercy and grace of Almighty God. 

Because it is God, not man, who determines the fate of the nation.