Posted on 01/11/2020 6:29:37 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress
“By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked” (Proverbs 11:11 KJV).
“By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted,” in other words, if a city will let the saved do what they are supposed to do and leave the upright alone, and not punish the upright, the city will be exalted. It will prosper. And that has just been a general truth of history. And when the wicked rule, the people are oppressed, and the city is eventually destroyed and fails because of it.
“By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted,” God will bless it. Look at America. In the short space of 230 years, America becomes the most powerful and richest nation in the world. How is that possible? Well, in general, America allowed the upright and the righteous to serve God and live for God, and God bless America because of it. America allowed for religious freedom and did not interfere with the church’s liberty to worship, teach and preach the Word of God. America was established with that kind of freedom in mind, and not many other countries have ever been set up like that. There is no doubt that this country has been exalted.
“. . . but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked,” the wicked start getting in control and start running things. They enact laws limited freedom of speech, freedom of religion and worship, and this nation is growing weaker by the year. At present, the ideologies and the evil principles of the wicked have overtaken whole cities and crime is rampant. Once safe cities are becoming war zones. New York and Chicago are in shambles. The murder rates are increasing beyond reason. The homosexual agenda has captured the government to where now it is a crime to call a he a he, if it prefers to be a she. People are being arrested for using the wrong pronouns to identify transgenders. Things are going downhill quickly, and God can’t bless it, and the cities are being overthrown.
Antisemitism is growing stronger and God told the Jew that He would bless them that bless Israel and curse them that curse Israel. Righteousness once exalted our nation, but it no longer can as it once did.
“By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.”
Daily Bible study is necessary if we are going to begin our day with the right attitude and the right spiritual diet. Proverbs has 31 chapters, and most months have 31 days, so let’s read a chapter of Proverbs a day and see what God might have for us. As the Lord leads, share with us what God has shown you in a special way and by His grace let us build up a devotional repository. Let’s keep our knives and forks handy for some daily bread! Ideally, a chapter or two of Proverbs will fit in nicely with a good plan of reading our Bibles through each year.
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