Lord, have mercy.
Our nation has been blind. We have shut our eyes to those truths that we don’t like, and we have tried to create our own “truths” instead. We have chosen our own ideas of “right” and “wrong” without even asking You if You agree. We have named ourselves gods, and priests, and judges. How arrogant we have been!
We have made excuses for our failures and bad choices until we can barely feel conviction. We have hardened our hearts, until we have no conscience. We have worked so hard to prove our own ways right, that we have forgotten how to listen to You. And when we do hear Your voice, we often reject it for our own.
America has come now to the point where we cannot discern light from dark. The eyes of our souls cannot understand. The ears of our souls do not recognize Your voice. Many of those who claim to know You don’t understand Your ways.
Lord, we beg You to remove the spirit of blindness from our land. Open the eyes of our hearts. Pour out Your light into this darkness. Help us see. Please, strip away the lies we have created. We need You desperately to give us true vision.
We are not wise enough or strong enough to do this without you. We need Your rescue. Please flood America with Your Spirit. Make us sensitive and teachable when You expose our lies, and turn our hearts to whatever Your truth may be.
(Proverbs 21: 2)
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In You, O Lord, do we take refuge; let us never be put to shame; in Your righteousness deliver us! Incline Your ear to us; rescue us speedily! Be a rock of refuge for us, a strong fortress to save us!
ReplyDeleteFor You are our rock and our fortress! And for Your name's sake You lead us and guide us. You have taken us out of the net they have hidden for us, for you are our refuge.
(adapted from Psalm 31)