April 7, 2024 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John (2SoJ)
America ‘Hanging in the Balance’, Biblical Warning!
God’s judgment is about integrity and righteousness. Wanting forgiveness is always in play and usually the starting point for all Christians, but what you do with God’s grace after God has granted you freedom from your sin is crucial to finding continual mercy and truth throughout one’s life. This is true not only for the individual but for every nation. Our decision to always abide or not abide in God’s truth (His Holy Word) comes with either blessing or curses; we stand in the balance.
Historically America has responded when God called for repentance, and God responded in return with kindness, but that has not been the case for the past 40 years. America was built on the Bible with individuals wanting to live by the truths in God’s Word with a government being built on biblical principles. America was birthed as a nation after the Great Awakening in the 1730s and 1740s through George Whitefield’s preaching. Every town, community, and church was experiencing a revival. This is what America was built on and if we reject the Grace God initially gave to us, only God’s judgment is waiting for us.
California is a perfect example of what is about to happen. When God pours His Spirit upon a specific region and measures the quality and effectiveness of His Grace upon the people living in a state, we must respond in likeness and be grateful to God for His grace. How many revivals or Holy Spirit Movements have taken place within California? There have been many! One can only be amazed as to the amount of the God’s Grace, God has poured out on the people of California. I believe God has shown great mercy and ‘outpourings’ of the Holy Spirit that other places have never experienced. Why? Because God knows what is coming—great judgment. If one would consider all the prophesies and visions of California’s future, every person living in CA would be making plans to leave this state. Soon California will be no more. Its landscape will be changed, reducing the state to an economy and a population to only a fraction of what it is today. Judgment is coming because God says it is! Is America facing the same judgment?
Daniel 5:24-27 says, “Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written. And this is the writing that was written, Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin. This is the interpretation of the thing: Mene; God hath numbered thy kingdom and finished it. Tekel; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.” There are many interpretations to this verse, but a simple and truthful interpretation is, “If a person says, ‘you have been weighed, you have been measured and you have been found wanting’. It means that you are not acceptable. That there is something missing to you, your character or what you offer. It is generally a negative statement that you are not good enough.” (various interpretations combined)
The Book of Proverbs has lots to say about doing what is right or wrong. Many verses mention the ‘concept of the balance or scale’. A just balance and scales belong to the LORD, the Bible says; “All the weights of the bag are His concern” Proverbs 16:11. When it comes to how we live and how we do business, God is concerned with how we proceed in integrity, i.e. how we utilize His grace in our lives and the decisions we make.
There is no doubt in my spirit that America is being weighed and is on trial with God. How we respond to God’s truth and respond to His grace is more critical today than ever before. America was not conceived by men making decisions but birthed through prayer and asking for God’s will to be done. If people do not pray, if revivals do not come, if people do not seek God’s will then America will be no more. We are hanging in the balance! The only way to overcome ‘the wanting of the balance’ is to reverse our course and ask for God’s will to be done. Jesus is offering mercy, forgiveness, and grace; do not reject His call to be humble, to pray, to seek His will, and to respond to His grace.
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