Years ago, the Lord told me to share this declaration from Him:
Ask not, Is my agenda God’s…
Ask, rather, Is God’s agenda mine?
Yet recently the Lord highlighted the two scriptures below to my heart, and then He began to speak to me of individuals and nations in light of the current world scene.
The first scripture I was taken to was Isaiah 50:10-11. It reads:
Who is among you that fears the Lord? that obeys the voice of his servant? that walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God! Behold, all of you who kindle a fire and encircle yourself with firebrands, walk in the light of your fire, and among the brands you have set ablaze. This “you” will have from my hand: you will lie down in torment.”
We can conclude from how this scripture ends, that we, even as believers, better pause to think and not “react” concerning any of the complex decisions to be made for ourselves, our families, our businesses, and our country, without consulting the Lord God and really “knowing” what we are doing or about to do.
The second scripture I was shown was in Isaiah 48:22, “There is no peace for the wicked” says the Lord.
This, then, I began to receive from The Holy Spirit:
Some confusion comes to all of us, throughout the world, leaders and ordinary folk alike, in regard to how God determines whether a nation is His or not, for each nation we speak of has both good and evil in it… for there are good and evil people within it. Not all the people of France are good and not all are evil… not all the people of Syria are good and not all are evil… and not all the people in the USA are good and not all are evil. The same is true of each and every nation, including Israel.
It is when a nation collectively… as a whole… represents Their GOD… that then “the distinction” of the NATION itself is declared to The World.
The USA, in the past, was always represented as a righteous God-fearing nation, swift to punish evil, swift to provide aid to the oppressed, and adhering to the biblical foundations of our founding fathers. In recent years other nations have come to look at us as “away from God”, reprobate in morals and values, and not aligning ourselves with the God of our founding fathers. We used to honor Our God and have the bible and our constitution as our guidebooks. This being the same God who had declared Israel as His Chosen People, the God is Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the founders of The Faith.
Our main leadership doesn’t appear to be representing its people or God whom our country used to follow.
Are we turning toward God or are we turning away from God, collectively, as a nation?
At the present time, I think God himself, who sees the heart of each one in the United States, knows the answer to this question in its true manifestation.
It is only as we, as individuals, make the choice and declare our allegiance through word and actions that we collectively begin to see who we are as a nation.
This is what is happening now, and it is not to be feared. We have been paralyzed in indecision as a country for far too long.
We are being required to choose.
Not choosing to “follow God” is a choice to not follow God.
What happens when we go after evil as a nation, is that the whole nation is affected.
Ordinary men cannot sort out the good and evil individuals…only God can! We, however, can determine them by their fruits, so an evil man will “become visible eventually”. The warning is, those evil men may not display their evil immediately…but eventually, they will. I’m talking about the individual with his evil heart…a heart that is set against the one true God and disobedient to His Words. Evil men are within the USA, just as they are in other countries that are pagan or of false religions.
NOW HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD!
God himself declares in Isaiah 45:21b-25:
“There is NO GOD else beside me;
A Just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
Look unto me, all the ends of the earth: for I Am God, and there is none else.
I have sworn by myself, THE WORD has gone forth from my mouth and in righteousness, and WILL NOT TURN BACK…
That unto me every knee will bow…
Every tongue will swear allegiance…
They will say of me, “In the Lord are righteousness and strength.”
Even to him will men come.
And all who are incensed against him will be put to shame.
In the Lord all the offspring of Israel will be justified and will glory.”
These statements we know for a fact are from the Word of God. This is not “opinion”.
Do you notice all the “will” mentions in this passage? (read back and notice them!) Let it be known—God will perform his word! If He says something will happen, it will! Why? Because it’s HIS will! His word never returns void.
Now focus on the last line in the scripture above…
God has sworn to Keep Israel. “In the Lord all the offspring of Israel will be justified and will glory” according to the verse above.
So, to make God’s agenda ours as a nation, we the United States must side with Israel and its allies. We must remain allies with Israel against Israel’s enemies.
Isaiah 45:17 gives just one glimpse of this well-defined promise of God:
“Israel has been saved by the Lord. With ever-lasting salvation. You will not be put to shame or humiliation to all eternity.”
This means if we, as a nation, want to stay in God’s will , we will stay on God’s side! It’s quite that simple!
Israel’s enemies as nations are not to be our “friends” as nations. So, to not bring in those countries’ refugees is to not welcome the enemies of Israel. These enemies will eventually turn into our enemies, from within, if they oppose the people of Israel.
God invites the nations to come to him; but, if they choose to serve a different God, than the one true God, they have made their choice. They have chosen collectively to be Muslim and Islam countries, or Pagan, or Hindu or Buddhist countries.
And The USA has a choice to make too!
Will we serve the ONE TRUE GOD and be preserved?
Will we turn into a nation that serves only itself, pleasures of sin, and many different gods?
Our choice, as a nation, will indeed, matter, in how God protects us as a nation.
We need to be praying, sharing our faith, standing up for righteousness, and asking for revival of our individual hearts and within our nation.
Innocents are killed while doing nothing, and innocents are killed while doing something! Either way! And that is what brings complication!
So, what about the “individuals”? The ones Jesus died for, to give His Righteousness and Strength to, as mentioned in our Isaiah passage?
Each one in every country is given free will to choose to turn to the one true God and His Christ…Jesus. No one will be turned away from the gift of salvation if they turn to Christ…The LOVER of their soul. Each one, in every country!
Why continue to serve gods that want to take life and destroy life? Our God gave his life and wants to give life. What a distinction! Our God wants us to “save” and “pray for” our enemies rather than kill or destroy them.
None of us is righteous in ourselves. We have all sinned and fall short. But Jesus is The Way, the Truth, and The Light! No man comes into God but through Him. (See John 14:6)
So, this means then, that two things could happen:
If the individuals of a nation turn to the Living God… i.e. if the numbers do, as in a revival…so collectively a nation would be God’s… they can then overcome their enemies within their own nation, through Christ. Light conquers darkness. Good conquers evil. God conquers Satan. This includes all nations. USA included.
The main reason for the refugee crisis is that the peoples within their land are serving gods that are under the rule of Satan. Satan has no problem fighting! Hatred, violence, and poverty thrill him! The reason it is now touching the USA is that we are starting to serve Satan ourselves! We are turning away from the True God, wherein was our protection and blessing! These mass shootings are a direct result of our departing from God. Suicides at the highest they’ve ever been is a direct result of our departing from God. Sex Trafficking is also out-of-control, but praise God some light is being shed into this darkness, for God desires to rescue its victims. Friends, whenever we remove anything…something takes its place. We are removing God from our society…so guess “who” is taking His place? We all see it happening. We all know who that is. (sigh)
The Light must expose the darkness of ungodly nations, so deceived followers of false or pagan religions can come to the truth. So, pagans and atheists too, can come to the truth.
Jesus is called The Light. He has revealed himself to all who seek Him or truth, for he is The Truth.
The USA, collectively, has a choice to make. Will we serve God? or turn into a nation that serves only itself and pleasures of sin and many different gods?… including pride in ourselves as a country even without God.
We have our own civil war going on, even amongst our leaders. It’s a civil war of “Will we serve the true God?” or “Will we serve Satan and the gods under him?”.
The divisions we face are way more than politics. We all, deep down, know that. We are divided because we are trying to determine what God we will serve! Will we, as a nation, open the way for The Antichrist, by being anti-Christ in our ways?
I declare, “Our God is God!” We just read in Isaiah that there is none else!
God himself declares three times that He alone is God.
Therefore, we should listen to those who are trying to turn this nation back to God! They aren’t being old-fashioned!! They are aware of what is at stake! Our leaders are comprised not only of political leaders but of pastoral and community leaders. We must begin to work together in unity! And why are we letting the media and entertainment industry tell us who we are? …Individually and As a Nation? Most of them don’t even know who they are!
Instead of being dumb, quieted in tongue; instead of being apathetic, not caring; and instead of being inactive, neither praying or acting… This calls for serious prayer and involvement on the part of the Saints!
Our choice, as a nation, will indeed matter… Based on individuals’ choices.
Individuals will determine how God protects us as a nation.
Christians, we ought to be praying, sharing our faith, standing up for righteousness, and asking for revival of our individual hearts and that for us as a nation.
Even Israel, to know the salvation of the God who calls them His People, must come to recognize their Messiah has already come and is Christ Jesus the Lord. He, when recognized by them, will rise up with zeal and take over as Lord of Hosts. He is waiting on His own people to leave behind their rituals and traditions and recognize who Jesus really was and is. That their Messiah LIVES! The choice is up to the individuals in that nation. Many Jewish individuals are becoming believers in Christ and adopting the Christian Faith. We call them Messianic Jews. Pray for them. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem as God draws individuals to himself.
He came to individuals, who make up nations, and so God the Father is patiently waiting for each person to choose Christ, the Lamb of God, who was slain, to remove sin, and to destroy the works of Satan.
Psalms 108:12-13 says
“Oh, give us help against the adversary, for deliverance BY MAN is in vain! THROUGH GOD we will do valiantly, and it is HE who shall TREAD DOWN our adversaries.”
This verse is applicable to individuals and nations both.
Simeon, an old man, declared as he held and beheld the baby Jesus, who is The Christ:
“My eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples. A LIGHT of revelation to the Gentiles and the GLORY OF your people Israel.”
Christ showed us all that the will of his Father was to bring forth life, and that more abundant. To heal and make whole. And He gave himself for mankind, in the whole world, and is no respecter of persons. Love dictates what God does, as it was demonstrated in what Christ did. Jesus was His exact representation and went around doing good.
But evil men destroyed Christ, and Satan thought he won, but he did not win! Christ destroyed death, and rose from the dead, and gives Life! He will, one day, raise “from the dead” all those who serve God through Him.
The scripture says in I John 3:8:
“He who commits sin is from Satan, because Satan is a sinner from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this reason: To destroy the works of Satan.”
The declaration by angels as Christ arrived on earth:
“Glory to God in the highest! and on earth, Peace and Good Will toward men!”
Isaiah 9:7 declares:
“Of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this.”
CHOOSE YOU …THIS DAY…WHOM YOU WILL SERVE.
Joshua 24:14-15 says:
“Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
This passage tells us we all need to choose!
Those who choose The Lord and those who choose another god.
For those “on the fence” about the need to make a choice, I want to share Malachi 3:16-18:
“Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord gave attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for those who fear the Lord and who esteem his name. “They will be mine,” says the Lord of hosts “on the day that I prepare my own possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him, so you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.”
Let’s stand with the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob…the Great Deliverer! …and with Jesus Christ…the Great Saviour!… and listen to the Holy Spirit, the Great Comforter!
Ours is a relationship with the true God, who gave and didn’t take life. He even gave his own son while we were yet sinners. He is long-suffering and patient with mankind, not willing that any should perish.
Who will you stand with?
Individuals can no longer “remain on the fence”…
We each must choose.
One must ask his or herself, Who is “my” God?
If I choose Christ,
- I cannot side with the “other gods.”
- I cannot serve God and money…
- I cannot serve God and Islam…
- I cannot serve God and Buddha…
- I cannot be an atheist…
- I cannot be a pagan…
- I cannot serve God and Satan…
- I cannot serve God and Evil…
For He declares, “There Is No Other”.
Christ Jesus says to you and me in Luke 11:23 that:
“Whoever is not with me is against me,
And whoever does not gather with me scatters.”
Go ahead, look it up! What this means is… There is No Fence to Be On!
You’re either on Christ’s side, or you’re not! He is telling you how “he interprets things”, and He makes it quite clear, that if you’re not with Him, you’re on Satan’s side! These are Jesus’s own words, not mine. I’m just sharing them…
God himself declares in Isaiah 45:21b-25 over and over “There is no one else” and makes things more than clear. (Go back and revisit that passage in this chapter one more time.)
Seems to me, one key is illuminated now, isn’t it?
Is the choice clear enough for us?
Now, I have a favor to ask of you who are in the United States and have made the choice for God and Christ…
Believers, will you play the song below…and as you are playing it in the background, please take time to pray for the America? That we would choose to turn toward God? And that The Fear of God would be upon the leaders of our nation? That they will realize their accountability to Him, even above their constituents?
And pray too that those who “were” under the influence of “their gods”, from other nations who immigrated here, that they would become Believers in Christ. That revival fires would be poured out. If they will receive enough Light, in our land, to expose the Darkness, revealing their false gods, maybe they too will become Christ’s! This can be our hope and prayer! Prayer is powerful! Romans 8:18-25 tells us that all creation waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God! For they need deliverance from the bondage of corruption! Please BE ONE of them!
Here is that link:
America Praying – Elizabeth Ann Smith – Receive From Me
Please pray in your own words and with your own burden expressed.
The word says God’s healing our land begins with us, Believers. Let’s respond to His promise! Let’s do it.
II Chronicles 7:14
“If my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray… and seek my face… and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
In closing I must add this:
If you are an individual in another country these same truths apply to the individuals and nation you are in. So do the same. Come to Christ and represent the Lord in your own nation! And God bless you with His Presence, His Protection, and His Peace! Amen.