Serving God Is Not Optional

Serving God Is Not Optional

Patriots have their eyes open to the destruction of our republic. Even the people who are asleep or are not patriotic know something is wrong. Our forefathers knew that having God as the basis of our society was essential, not optional. They knew that when people know God, He blesses them and the works of their hands even when they have not achieved perfection. God blesses loyalty and faithfulness and works with those who choose Him. Listen to two quotes.

Daniel Webster:

If we and our posterity shall be true to the Christian religion, if we and they shall live always in the fear of God and shall respect His commandments . . . we may have the highest hopes for the future fortunes of our country;. . . But if we and our posterity neglect religious instruction and authority, violate the rules of eternal justice, trifle with our injunctions of morality, and recklessly destroy the political constitution which holds us together, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us that shall bury all our glory in profound obscurity.

Benjamin Franklin:

He who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive Christianity will change the face of the world.

These quotes indicate that our forefathers understood the need for a biblical worldview and, for the most part, tried to have God direct their paths. Many of their writings indicate that God’s providence preserved them and helped establish our nation. We have the best possible results when we invite God into our lives. Satan wants to ruin our lives; God wants to enhance them. Remember what Jesus said in John 10:10 (NKJV):

A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.

We keep trying to improve on God’s plans but keep messing up. It reminds me of how we think that if the government handles an issue it will be better than if they don’t. Ronald Reagan laughingly said:

The most terrifying words in the English language are: “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”

Reagan spoke truth with humor and we instinctively know that too much government intrusion is bad for us. Just look at the non-elected Department of Education. We did not have such a Federal branch until about 200 years after our Declaration of Independence. President Jimmy Carter did his part in taking America down by installing this education-overseeing organization.

Since the inception of the Federal DOE, our public schools have declined in effectiveness. Educationally, we are worse off than before we established this organization. This department is not constitutional but we sleeping Americans did not raise an eyebrow to object.

Not only is our learning adversely affected, but the public schools have also become indoctrination centers for immorality and subversive activities to take down our country. There is no biblical worldview today for our schools and most of our churches.

The French statesmen Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont saw the impact of Religion in America during their tour of the nation in 1831-1832. Listen to a few of their observations:

• Religion in America is not only a moral institution but also a political institution. All of the American constitutions exhort the citizens to practice religious worship as a safeguard both to good morals and to public liberties. In the United States, the law is never atheistic...

• There is no political ceremony in America that does not begin with a pious invocation. I have seen a meeting of the Senate in Washington open with a prayer, and the anniversary festival of the Declaration of Independence consists, in the United States, of an entirely religious ceremony.

• It is a principle of the United States legislature that, to be a good citizen, it is necessary to be religious, and it is a no less well-established rule that, to fulfill one's duty toward God, it is necessary to be a good citizen.

• In the United States, the influence of religion is not confined to the manners, but it extends to the intelligence of the people.... Christianity, therefore reigns without obstacle, by universal consent; the consequence is, as I have before observed, that every principle of the moral world is fixed and determinate.

There is no question that the world, person by person, needs transformation and reformation. Such change does not happen through forced control but voluntary submission to the presence and will of God. Think of all the areas of life where we need God.

• Slavery is at an all-time high in the world. Millions are enslaved in various forms, from mining minerals for nonsensical electric vehicle batteries to child trafficking. At least a million children each year are at risk in over 127 participating countries, with the USA leading the pack. The innocent need liberty!