THE REAL PROBLEM
Today's reading: 2 Chronicles 33-36

"As Hilkiah the high priest was recording the money collected at the Lord's Temple, he found the Book of the Law of the Lord as it had been given through Moses. Hilkiah said to Shaphan the court secretary, I have found the Book of the Law in the Lord's Temple! Then Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan." 2 Chronicles 34:14-15 NLT

You've cast your vote.

You've recorded your conviction.

You've checked the ballot.

You're now, like the rest of us--waiting.

I hate to burst your bubble, but the winner isn't going to 'fix everything'.

No matter the party. No matter the gender. No matter the political experience or the business acumen.

Our problem, in this great land, is that the Word of God is not being preached in each and every church.

Sorry to break it to you, but there are churches filled to capacity every Sunday who would be surprised to discover God's Word in their midst.

Some wouldn't even know the difference between what the Bible says and a famous quote from a former president.

How sad.

How very sad--and we wonder why our country is in the shape it's in?

NOT LIKE BEFORE
Today's reading: Deuteronomy 10-12

"For the land you are about to enter and occupy is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you planted your seed and dug out irrigation ditches with your foot as in a vegetable garden. It is a land of hills and valleys with plenty of rain--a land that the Lord your God cares for. He watches over it day after day throughout the year!" Deuteronomy 11:10-11 NLT

If the Israelites believed they were simply re-locating their troubles, they were wrong!

They were moving out of Egypt and moving up in the world.

We tend to think like that at times.

We believe, according to what satan whispers in our ears, that things will never change. The problems we have today will be the problems we have tomorrow. The trials we are enduring right now will be with us until the end.

God has a different land planned for us, even here.

One we have never experienced.

One we may have never even allowed ourselves to imagine.

Walking in His ways, under His guidance, in His power, following His lead will be a different journey than we've ever taken before!