Failing In Our Duty

It is the status quo and we ignore it. As a nation, we consume more than any other nation in the world. As a nation, we destroy innocent people in the name of peace. As a nation, we abuse the poor and the innocent for the sake of our own safety. As a nation, we do not hold our leaders accountable. As a nation, we call for the destruction of nations that have done us no harm - but that pose a threat to our security. As a nation, we allow our big businesses to extort money from us and from others in the name of financial gain. As a nation, we allow questionable moral practices to exist in science and industry to better our lives. We are not a weak nation. We are not a bad nation. But we are a sinful nation.

God told the Prophet Ezekiel:

7 "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. 8 When I say to the wicked, 'O wicked man, you will surely die,' and you do not speak out to dissuade him from his ways, that wicked man will die for [a] his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. 9 But if you do warn the wicked man to turn from his ways and he does not do so, he will die for his sin, but you will have saved yourself.

10 "Son of man, say to the house of Israel, 'This is what you are saying: "Our offenses and sins weigh us down, and we are wasting away because of [b] them. How then can we live?" ' 11 Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, O house of Israel?'

We need to do better as a nation. We need to lead the world - morally and with regard to law. We need to feed the poor. We need to house the homeless. We need to free the oppressed. We need to be a shining beacon to the rest of the world - not a searchlight from which others hide. We need to be free in spirit as well as in name. We need to turn back to the God that has granted this nation so many of its gifts. We need to thank Him. And we need to live upright in honor to Him.

You have all been warned. Our nation stands at a precipice. We can continue to walk blindly forward, or we can stop and step back from the brink and thank God that He has opened our eyes in time.