A global pandemic such as the world hasn’t seen in a hundred years. National civil unrest, violence and destruction spreading throughout the globe. Many are consumed with fear. Others have lost hope our world will recover.
But, 2 Chronicles 13:14-15 says: “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” God is the answer, and repentance and prayer is the key. I know. I experienced it firsthand.
As a child, I was taught about God. After experiencing multiple traumas, I came to the conclusion either God didn’t exist, or he didn’t care. So, I turned away from him. Not long after my life became filled with sin, dysfunction and chaos. Sounds like the condition our world is in right now doesn’t it?
I had no hope that I could “undo” the evil that was done to me. I had no hope that I could feel normal after almost being murdered as a child by a man possessed with the devil. I had no hope of ever having a normal relationship with someone of the opposite sex and being happily married. My world looked dark and hopeless.
But then one night I turned my life over to God, and my life began to turn around. I have been happily married for thirty years, and healed from my childhood traumas as if the events never happened. I am no longer filled with despair and hopelessness. I know God can turn anyone’s life around, and anyone’s situation around, including this world. In John 10:10, God says: “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” I have experienced the destruction of the thief (aka the devil), and the blessings of a life lived for God.
We are physical and spiritual beings who live in a physical and spiritual world. What ails our nation and world is not only a physical problem, but also a spiritual one. And the solutions are not only physical, but also spiritual. Ephesians 6:12 says: “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realm.”
With millions of Christians in our nation, we can turn this situation around by engaging in spiritual warfare. God has given us the power of prayer to use as a weapon. He’s also given us the Bible, which is the Word of God, aka the Sword of the Spirit. Hebrews 4:12(a) says: “For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword.”
Let us take up our weapons and turn this nation around. On guard!
Mary Therese Hutchinson 