I'm Sticking With God

When James A. Garfield was a young man, a friend gave him a printed slip of paper which he cherished all his life. It read as follows: * Make few promises. * Always speak the truth. * Never speak evil of anyone. * Keep good company, or none. * Drink no intoxicating liquors. * Good character is desired above everything else. * Be honest if you would be happy. * When you speak to a person look into his eyes. * Spend less than you earn. * Live within your income. * Never run into debt unless you see your way out. * Good company and good conversation are the essentials of virtue. * Good character can be injured only by your own acts. * If evil is spoken of you, let your life refute the falsehood. * If your hands cannot be employed, attend to the cultivation of your mind. James Garfield has been dead for well over 100 years (September 19, 1881), yet there is not one thing contained in that list of suggestions that would not make of each of us a better person. The manner of communication and transportation may have changed drastically. Medical science has made unbelievable strides. But that which builds character remains the same. Can it be that this philosophy made him say with deep conviction, “I stepped down when I left preaching the gospel to become president of the United States”? I do trust that all Christians will remember that Christian character does not change with the times. God does not change (Hebrews 13:1-8; James 1:17).

[Psalm 33:12] “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance.” Our liberal media, courts, politicians, celebrities, and so forth, are increasingly turning America the Beautiful into America the Bad. What God has described as unlawful abominations, primarily what we’re dealing with today, abortion and homosexuality (Proverbs 6:16-19; Leviticus 18:22), our insolent nation has redefined as legal and acceptable. All across the fruited plain, from sea to shining sea, decency and morality are steadily eroding away. Through educational policies (Bible /prayer banning), God is fading away. Because of prosperity and Bible ignorance, the acceptance of absolute truth (John 1:17; 14:6; 17:17; Ephesians 4:21), is vanishing away. And consequently, hope as God would have it (1 Peter 1:3-5; Hebrews 6:16-20), is drifting away. America, America, God shed His grace on thee!!! Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Shall we continue in evil that good may come? God forbid!!! (Romans 3:8; 6:1-2) God crown thy good with brotherhood, for we are all his offspring (Acts 17:26-28). “Know that the Lord is God. It is He who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture” (Psalm 100:3). Let us return to our maker. Let us return to His mandates (Psalm 119:172; 2 Timothy 3:16). ”Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people” (Proverbs 14:34). Let us extol the beauty of heaven’s precepts all across our spacious skies and emulate them in our lives!!! And, “May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us – yes, establish the work of our hands” (Psalm 90:17). 

I don’t know about you, but I’m getting really upset with those who are dragging our nation down into their pit of misery and sin. “...do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is right is righteous ...He who does what is sinful is of the devil ...The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. No one who is born of God will continue to sin ...Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God...” (1 John 3:7-10). Pray for our un-Representatives.