Independence! Really?

Look where our “independence” has gotten us. Our nation is in debt. No economist or printing press will deliver us. "There is a way that seems right unto a person but the ends thereof are the ways of death. "Thinking we are too smart for the need of Divine direction has put us into a place that we cannot get ourselves out of without Divine intervention."The modern metaphors of independence: “If you want it done right, do it yourself,” “Pick yourself up by your own bootstraps,” “I am a self-made man,” etc., were not the attitude of our Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. We knew we were doomed without Divine intervention. "The government publicly declared days of prayer and fasting. "They had the "Thursday Lectures in Boston, where the local clergy was called to exhort and teach those elected “ministers of God for justice” how to govern according to the principles of Almighty God as found in His Word. "This was not a nation with a theme song, “I’ll do it my way.” Where did we go..what happened...we evidently have dropped the ball somewhere. "The Biblical mandate to provide for your own, to be diligent, self-governing and assume personal responsibility made Americans willing to take chances, work hard and reap the fruits of their labor. Self-government is impossible without dependence upon Holy Spirit. We cannot even live up to our own standards, let alone those of God, without the Holy Spirit. Biblical self-government is not self-discipline, time management or success skills. Christian self-government is allowing the Fruit of the Spirit to manifest in our lives. As a nation we have walked in the flesh too long and that has attracted a spirit of mammon. Not walking in the Spirit has resulted in a nation of wounded and damaged people. When they say that they cannot work, do not condemn them. Even though they appear able-bodied, they are not able because they have so many soul wounds. "The spiritual battle has left many marred who don’t even know that they are in a spiritual war. "They are literally “the walking wounded.” It is easy to blame these social problems on civil government, on the system, on the politicians, on the rich, the poor, the immigrants, the education system, the bankers, the legal system, global warming or whatever is in fashion. As long as we look outside of ourselves for someone to blame, we live in victim mode and are part of the problem, not part of the solution.