Joel 2:10-17

Concern for my country and concern for the unsaved 
Turn we must
Our time is short
He's our only hope




Posted 5/17/12 Facebook


"The earth quakes before them, the heavens tremble; the sun and moon grow dark, and the stars diminish their brightness. The LORD gives voice before His army, for His camp is very great; for strong is the One who executes His word. For the day of the LORD is great and terrible; who can endure it?
"Now, therefore," says the LORD, "Turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning." So rend your heart, and not your garments; return to the LORD your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness; and He relents from doing harm. Who knows if He will turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind Him -
"A grain offering and a drink offering for the LORD your God?
"Blow the trumpet in Zion, consecrate a fast, call a sacred assembly; gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children and nursing babes; let the bridegroom go out from his chamber, and the bride from her dressing room. Let the priests, who minister to the LORD, weep between the porch and the alter, let them say "Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not give Your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'" Joel 2:10-17

At some point, in the near future, we as a people will come face to face with an event that will set us on a course and ultimately bring us to the terrible "day of the LORD"!

The time to change direction is now! Until that "moment" occurs God might "relent" and show mercy on us, but we have to repent to make that happen. He is righteous and we are sinful; we can not continue on the road to destruction and expect HIM to overlook our sins, because we don't want to stop sinning.

If we want our country to return to moral values (that we didn't appreciate at the time) then we as a nation have to return to God.

Don't look at what "the other guy" is doing and say they are to blame for our country's shape.

Look to yourself.

You repent! You "rend your heart"!

What are you "not doing" that would make a difference? And I am not talking about "works". I'm talking about a state of your heart!

If you are living like you did yesterday, and the day before and have not changed, then you have not turned around! You have not repented!

You have to have it in your heart that you want to live for God!

You have to live in a state of repentance!