Do we want a godly President or a revival in our nation? Perhaps we can’t have both.

As we stand today in this Presidential election, leading on one side is a prideful man who has lowered the bar on American politics with his child-like ranting and plays to crowds for popularity with little conviction for principles of decency, while focusing on his personal hunger for power. On the other side is a woman who promotes the moral and spiritual corruption of our nation by supporting the destruction of Biblical marriage, promoting homosexuality, supporting unrestricted abortion (even the hideous third-trimester procedure), endorsing transsexual bathrooms in public schools and public places, who agreed with the Houston mayor who subpoenaed the sermons of pastors, and who stated last year that abortion rights and homosexual rights are more important than religious rights in our nation. I tell you that if these two individuals become their party’s candidates, as a follower of Christ, I cannot vote for either.

Since the moral and spiritual decay in our nation became so vivid in the 1960’s, the church in this nation has sought the preservation of righteousness through the election of leaders who hold to doctrines compatible with the Evangelical church. But our faith and beliefs are being attacked more than ever before with vengeance under the divisiveness, sinfulness, and self-indulgence in our culture.

God is not speaking to me about peace and godliness rising in our nation nor is He telling me to look for hope in any political figure or party. He is reminding me to make sure there is no sin in my house while He is speaking to me about our nation and our leaders from Daniel 5:22-23 –

” … You knew all of this, yet you have not humbled yourself. For you have proudly defied the Lord of heaven [emphasis mine] . . . you have not honored the God who gives you the breath of life and controls your destiny.”

The words that follow are words of judgment.

Truly, the desperate cry from the church of Jesus Christ should not be for a leader that will help preserve for us what’s left of righteousness in America, but that God will look down from heaven, forgive our sins, and heal our land (2 Chronicles 7:14).

We need revival. Maybe we can’t have revival with a “godly” leader in office that allows the church to continue to sit in on its comfortable sofa entrusting the righteousness of America into the hands of political leaders. It was never to be entrusted there. Righteousness for a nation is entrusted in God’s church.

I read an article recently about how God wants to make America great again. I completely and wholeheartedly disagree. God wants to make His name great in America again. Let’s change our focus now and remember that we are to be followers and seekers of Jesus Christ before we are Americans or anything else. Our only hope is in Jesus.

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