We Must Have the Heart of our Founding Fathers

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
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"Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where [is] the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls." Jeremiah 6:16

With our last blog, I talked about going into our prayer closets and into the Holy presence of our precious Heavenly Father, with a whole new approach. With this new approach, I think we should take a long close look at the attitudes our founding fathers had when they dared to sign their names to Declaration of Independence. Not only did they stand to lose great lose of personal wealth, but the loss of family and their own lives were at stake as well. They did not care. Freedom and liberty to worship God in their own way was their priority and they were determined to have it no matter the cost.
Our verse for the day says, "ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls."
For many, going back to the old paths, especially with their spiritual life, it is not a popular option. They believe going back to the old paths means being too old fashioned and out of date. Therefore they don't want an old fashion church, with old fashion singing, with an old fashion preacher preaching old fashion sermons from his old fashion Bible. But I believe the paths our
founding fathers followed and the ones our verse speaks of are one in the same. These paths
were the paths that pleased God. These men were strongly convicted that obeying God and
allowing His Word to be the instruction manual for living their daily lives, where the key to God blessing them, their families and allowing their nation to grow and prosper. What so many do not
want to acknowledge is..................THEY WERE RIGHT ....................................................................
I personally see nothing wrong with "new this" or an "updated that". But, if it means changing
our old paths WE MUST BE VERY VERY CAREFUL.
As we step into our prayer closets each day, remember we are little David seeking from God,
the stones we need, to take down Goliath. Let us begin by humbly asking God to give us a broken heart for our families and our nation. Until we are truly broken and burdened, our prayers will have no power. Then, let us ask God to give us a heart like that of our founding
fathers. Let us ask God for a heart that wants to serve Him regardless of what possessions
or friends we might lose in the process.
If we have found ourselves satisfied and taking part with any of the "new and updated", let us, with an honest heart, seek God for His approval. If we cannot find it, let us ask God to please give us a heart for the old paths, that we may serve Him as He would have us to.
As I said earlier, there are many, who have chose to welcome the new and gladly do away with the old. However, if we are to even begin making progress with reclaiming America's Christian foundation in hopes of a rebirth of a Christian nation, we "MUST" start with each individual Christian who is willing to turn back to the old paths. If we can do this, I believe it is just the beginning of miracles the Lord is ready to bless our nation with.


In Christ,

Stephanie