God Bless America For Real

As I watch the news each day like many of us, I am very concerned for the future of our nation. We are more fragmented as a people than ever before, and the hostility in the political and public arena is more vicious than most can remember.  Although I am thankful for those who are in positions of leadership in our nation and for the work they are trying to get done, I realize more than ever that their efforts are limited and that the changes we need to see are not to be generated by politicians or from any system of government. The need we have that is fundamental to any progress we may make is to be met by a spiritual awakening that comes from the Holy Spirit of God falling upon the church of Jesus Christ. 
A large part of why we're so fragmented today is because we have discarded that which used to hold us together, that which made us "one nation under God" and "indivisible" and that was a view of the world that arose out of the Christian faith. We believed the Bible, recognized absolute truth and honored the precepts and principles of Gods word, trying to govern ourselves accordingly. Of course, we were far from perfect, but this created a culture that was distinctly christian because our values were derived from the christian faith. Therefore being an American was to buy into a unique philosophy and worldview and vowing to live in that context. But now that we have discarded that unifying glue the result is that we are like the book of Judges where "..everyone did what was right in his own eyes." The result is the fragmenting of a nation because we have nothing that tells us definitely who we are or what we stand for or where we came from.
We must recover our foundational identity and that can only happen in the way in which we discovered it, by the outpouring of God's Spirit in a religious, Spiritual awakening.  
This puts a great opportunity for the follower of Jesus Christ in this confused age. We are called in Hebrews to hold fast our confession of hope without wavering or giving in to the pressures and struggles of the current situation. We can live in such a way that we can stimulate one another to do what is right and proper, as it is defined in the Scriptures.  And most importantly, we can be determined to assemble ourselves in our house of worship. For it is there that we hear the words of God preached and taught. There we seek Him together and He hears our collective prayers and there is where we most effectively bear each others burdens. It is also from the worship setting as one body of believers that God will pour out the Spiritual revival that we need so desperately within His church and from there out into the public squares and into our entire country. May God help us to pray, to feel the grief of His Holy Spirit over our straying from Him. May God help our leaders to repent of their sins and misguided views, and may God remember His church and restore us to salt and light, to be the city on the hill we are called to be. In other words may God bless America.