I’ve come to the point where all I can say is that I am so tired of the way things are in our country right now. Common decency seems to be dead. Respect for anyone or anything is gone. Honestly, I had so many things listed as examples about how things are, but I deleted them. I’ve come to believe that even though people say everyone should have freedom to express their own opinion, if those opinions aren’t favorable to those who don’t adhere to Christian principles, then they are blasted as hateful.

But I will say this. Beliefs this country were founded on are considered archaic and dispensable, even though it was because of those beliefs that God blessed our country. It is because of those beliefs that people have the freedom to live the ungodly lives they are living and calling anyone not believing in their lifestyle intolerant. Getting away from founding principles is leading to censorship of ideas and opinions, unless they adhere to those who are the farthest from the God our forefathers looked to for guidance to establish this nation.

Do people not understand that by not adhering to the principles on which our nation was established, it is moving toward a society in which we will be told what to think (we already are) and what to do (we already are) and how to do it? The very freedom that men and women died for is now being used against the Christians, to tell us our opinions are wrong and intolerant. The freedom that gave people the right to work hard and become whatever their hard work allowed them to achieve, is the same freedom that allows others to expect a handout, taking from those willing to work. Yet the ones who have, are being shamed by those who have not. Those demanding the freedom to riot are taking away the freedom of the very ones whose Christian faith built the nation. If this country loses the Christian principles once held fast, we will lose freedom – period.

I’ve always been drawn to the book of Jeremiah. I don’t really know why since it’s not a very uplifting book. It’s full of God’s plans for His wrath to fall onto His people because they lost what their nation was built upon – their relationship with God. God had brought them to the Promised Land. He fought their enemies.  He allowed them to prosper and grow mightily. Yet, in spite of all of the blessings God had bestowed upon them, their hearts wandered away. They wanted to be like the other nations.  They wanted to worship the gods of other lands. They sacrificed their children through fire to foreign gods in an attempt to receive what that god might could give them. Which was nothing.

Until God finally got tired.

“Who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will stop to ask how you are? You have rejected me,” declares the Lord. “You keep on backsliding. So I will reach out and destroy you; I am tired of holding back.”  Jeremiah 15:5-6 NIV

Through the prophet Jeremiah, God gave the people the warning that He was going to destroy them. Jeremiah faithfully prophesied the warning. I believe this is why I’m so drawn to Jeremiah. He remained faithful and steadfast.  He spoke the words God gave him, even though no one listened. God warned, but the people didn’t listen. So, God poured out His wrath and the nation was destroyed.

But even then, God was faithful. He had told the people that He would preserve a remnant. He would one day gather the nation together again. He would put His covenant, not on a tablet of stone, but on the hearts and in the minds of the people. He would restore them to Himself. And He did that through His Son.

God is warning us. Our nation has turned away.  People are worshipping foreign gods, things made by the hands of men. They are sacrificing their children through abortion. They are seeking after their own ways instead of following the ways of God. And like in the days of Jeremiah, one day God is going to be tired of holding back. He will send Christ to rapture the Church, preserving the remnant of faithful believers. Those left behind will experience the wrath of God unlike anything we can imagine.

I confess I have found myself praying for God to pour out His judgement on those trying to lead our nation away from God. But God said vengeance was His.  It’s not my place to pass judgement. But it is my place to be like Jeremiah and proclaim truth. The Great Commission gives all believers that task.  We are to spread the gospel, the good news of Christ. We are to warn them of the penalties of refusing His Son. And then we look to the faithfulness of God to preserve the souls of those who have trusted in Him. 

So, yes, I’m tired. But we are called to be faithful. And when God finally gets tired of everything Himself, He will send Christ to remove His church from this place. That fact is what keeps me going.  That hope is what keeps me speaking. This world must turn to God and receive Christ as their personal Savior. And it must be done soon – before God gets tired of holding back His judgement.