There is a little book called “As a Man Thinketh.” It was written by James Allen. It contains a wonderful truth about the circumstances in which we find ourselves. It says that our circumstances are a reflection of our interior state and that we have power over those circumstances. If we would wish to improve the situations that are a part of our lives, we should look interiorly and change the things that we find there that are impoverished or base in nature. When we change those things, our outside situations must follow suit. The Bible teaches us the same lesson. Moses caused the sinning Hebrews to drink of the very golden calf that they had made. Later on during their journey, he made a serpent on a pole and they had to look at their own sin and admit what they had done. When they did that, they were healed of the plague that was afflicting them. Jesus taught us the same lesson. He was crucified when in fact it was our sins that deserved such a death. By looking at him on the cross, seeing our own sins and acknowledging them, we are healed.
Our country has sinned and our sin is staring us in the face. We need to look at it and acknowledge it. Our nation owes 14 trillion dollars. How is that even possible? How could we ever pay back such a debt? The answer is that we don’t intend to pay it back. We have become a nation of credit card users. We buy without any limits. When you look at such a situation and try to analyze it, you can see that most of the time greed is at the root of much of our debt. We want something and don’t have the money at the moment to pay for it so we just charge it because it is so easy. Our parents’ generation and generations previous to them waited until they had the money to buy something. It took patience and self control to wait. Our plastic credit card generation has lost those qualities. There is no patience needed any more, so no one possesses this wonderful quality. There is no need to have self control. Everyone feels that they are due whatever they want.
Therefore our country is the same as us. We are angry at our legislators and our government for their wild spending and yet we do the same. God cannot continue to bless our nation. That doesn’t mean He doesn’t love us. He DOES love us. He is in supreme control of everything but He cannot allow us to continue on such a path. That path is leading to our downfall. Our present situation is the result of our own free will actions. It is not God’s fault that we are in trouble. We can only point the finger at ourselves. We must correct ourselves first. When we do, our nation will reflect this change in our nature and follow suit. We have to acknowledge our sins and change.
There are many other areas in which we have sinned. We have left God out of everything. We have murdered millions of babies before they had a chance to be born. We have bought into so many of satan’s lies. He has seduced us away from our faith and our love for others. Returning to the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule will get us back on the right path. It takes just a change of heart. Our dear Father is so willing to help us along. He is so willing for us to change and to live right. He is so desirous to find a nation that will love Him and obey Him. He would love to bless that nation and make an example of it so that others could follow in its path. We can do it.
The little book called “As a Man Thinketh” is online in its entirety. It can be found at the following website:
Apples of Gold 