Deuteronomy 4: 7
For what great Nation is there that has a god so near to it as is the Lord God whenever we call on him?
God had chosen one Nation to be near and to give His directions to, in order that when they lived their lives according to His Law, then He would bless them so abundantly that other Nations would see and want to worship their God also. No other Nation had the Lord God to lead them, they all had other gods, idols, that neither spoke nor saw nor were aware, but were wood and stone.
Now God has chosen His own out of every Nation, every region, every language, every culture, all over the World. When His people in any Nation rise up to magnify Him in their lives and in their government, then God will bless that Nation. But, like Israel, if that Nation forgets God and turns to other gods, other ways, other paradigms, then God must withhold His good blessings, until they would turn back to Him.
O my Father, You know who are Your own. You know our hearts, that they are deceptive, being polluted by that sin nature we were all born with. Please help us, strengthen us against our own deceptions, to recognize them and repent, turn around our thinking and our attitudes to align with Your ways.
Then You will bless us with the natural consequences of following how You designed this World to operate on this Earth. Teach us Your ways, Father, and enable us to implement Your rules in our lives and in our government, to magnify Your Name, to give You the credit, the glory, for designing it so, and then we will enjoy all the good things You have given us now, and live with You forever.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
