My Prayer for America

"Restore us, O God; let Your face shine, that we might be saved!" Psalm 80:3

In no way do I believe that God broke His covenant with Israel as His chosen people and made America that chosen people and chosen land. When Jesus returns it will not be to New York or Los Angeles or even middle America, it will be to Jerusalem.

But I do believe that the blessings of God were upon this land for many, many years because we were faithful in proclaiming His name AND living by His precepts. I recently watched a PBS special on the Palomar Observatory and George Hale who was the brain child behind it. When the 200" telescope - the largest in the world at that time - was used for the first time in 1949, the reporter said the stars in God's universe were more numerous that the grains of sand on all the beaches of earth. There was an understanding at that time that there is a Creator behind it all. But not anymore.

One of the interesting things about Psalm 80 is the progression of desperation for God to hear and to act. The psalmist starts out praying "O God;" then he goes to "O God of hosts;"(verse 7) and finally "O Lord God of hosts!" with an exclamation mark. America is in a desperate situation; we are in need of the exclamation mark, so I pray "Restore us, O Lord God of hosts! Let Your face shine, that we might be saved!" Psalm 80:19