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Psalm 81:13 Restoring America's Foundation By Donald E. Wildmon Once upon a time a group of people decided to build a new building. It would be an unusual building, the likes of which the world had never seen. They would call their beautiful new structure America. The builders knew the foundation must be exceptionally strong. The design called for three mighty pillars: faith, family and freedom. Each would undergird equally the weight of the building. So construction began on the building called America. The workers labored faithfully to insure the three pillars of faith, family and freedom were strong enough to withstand wind, rain and attacks of the enemy. For many the task consumed their whole life. However their children, catching their father's dream, continued to work on the building and to insure the strength of the three supporting pillars. Generations passed, but each did its part to maintain the glorious building which had become the most treasured and admired structure in all the world. They gave of themselves freely. Some even sacrificed their very lives and fortunes to preserve its integrity. And they always made sure that the supporting pillars of faith, family and freedom were sound. They knew that the existence of the entire building rested upon the strength of the three pillars. Years later some began to question the need to maintain all three pillars. They thought only two were necessary. So they began to ignore the pillar of faith. Due to neglect, the pillar of faith fell into disrepair and became weak. The weight of the building called America shifted to the two remaining pillars of family and freedom. Everyone noticed that the foundation underneath the building called America was sagging. They blamed many things, but seldom gave serious consideration to the deteriorating pillar of faith. Before long, because of the weakening of the pillar of faith, the pillar of family began to fail. The pillar of freedom began to crumble under the load. Some people saw what was happening to the building and tried to restore the pillar of faith. Other scoffed at them, calling them old-fashioned and traditional. Many tried to prop up the building called America using a variety of techniques. But few were interested in strengthening the pillar of faith. One day, to the surprise and sadness of the world, the building called America collapsed. A voice trapped beneath the crumbling structure was heard to cry out: "No building like America can ever stand except on the three equal pillars of faith, family and freedom." And with that the once magnificent building called America perished and disappeared into the rubble of history. "As nations cannot be rewarded or punished in the next world, they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of causes and effects, Providence punishes national sins by national calamities." Our Founders understood that God acts in history in the rise and fall of nations and in their weal or woe while they continue for His set time upon the earth. Personal sin may not always be dealt with in this life since Judgment Day will set all right, but the corporate sins of nations must be dealt with by God's providence in history. What are some forms of judgment that God brings to pass? A first form we see in the case of Judah is a lack of good leadership. "I will give children to be their princes, and babes will rule over them…. As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O My people! Those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths." (Isaiah 3:4,12) One sign that God is displeased is when He allows immature and inexperienced men, and women, to become their leaders. -- Samuel Adams, speech at the Philadelphia State House, August 1, 1776.
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