Challenging Days

We live in challenging days- economic turmoil at home and war abroad dominates the headlines. This morning I had a conversation in which the Battle of Gettysburg came up. I recalled having had the opportunity to visit Gettysburg a few years ago. It is a moving experience to walk around that historic sight and to recount that great battle. On the night before the battle, President Abraham Lincoln is said to have dropped to his knees and prayed. In fact, Lincoln said that he was often driven to his knees by the overwhelming conviction that I have nowhere else to go.
Nowhere else to go…That is where we are as a nation today. We have nowhere else to go but to God. I think of that painting of George Washington, the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and the first president of the United States kneeling in prayer at Valley Forge. It was a defining moment and a turning point in the American Revolution. It was a time of overcoming great adversity. Our challenges, while great, do not compare to what those brave men faced. The question is will we rely upon Almighty God as they did? I fear for our nation if we do not. In a few weeks, we will elect a new president. In the days leading up to this election we need to pray. We need to be touched with the conviction of Abraham Lincoln that we have nowhere else to go. We need to implore our God for our nation that President Ronald Reagan called A Shining City Upon a Hill. Would you join me in that? Will you pray in the coming days leading up to the election that God would have mercy on America? Remember, we have nowhere else to go.