Life And Vows….

If there was a way to look into the spiritual or moral well-being of a nation, what would be the criteria? Personally, I think it would involve two measuring points. The first criteria would be how that society values life. Do they value unborn life? Do they value physically challenged life? Do they value long life? The second criteria would be how that society values vows. Do they value the marriage vow? Or the promises people make to their families, place of work, friends? Do they do what they say, or say what they do? Here in America we can easily measure our moral decline by viewing two things: divorce rate, and the legalization of abortion. If you don’t value life, and you don’t honor vows, there really is no consistency in our spiritual or moral behavior. God hates hands that shed innocent blood. And God hates divorce. What more can I say? If we practice, on a consistent basis, the very things God hates, isn’t that enough evidence to reveal our country’s decline in morality? How can you please God, when you’re doing the very thing that displeases Him? How can you expect unity, peace, security, or prosperity, when we dishonor God by the way we act out against His character? Simply put, you can’t. How we view life and vows are the measuring stick of the spiritual well-being of a society. The only way America can regain God’s favor is to repent, and honor God by sanctifying our hearts back into alignment with His. It’s starts with one heart at a time. Are you willing to participate?

14 You cry out, “Why doesn’t the Lord accept my worship?” I’ll tell you why! Because the Lord witnessed the vows you and your wife made when you were young. But you have been unfaithful to her, though she remained your faithful partner, the wife of your marriage vows.15 Didn’t the Lord make you one with your wife? In body and spirit you are His. And what does He want? Godly children from your union. So guard your heart; remain loyal to the wife of your youth. 16 “For I hate divorce!” says the Lord, the God of Israel. “To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “So guard your heart; do not be unfaithful to your wife.”17 You have wearied the Lord with your words.“How have we wearied Him?” you ask.You have wearied Him by saying that all who do evil are good in the Lord’s sight, and He is pleased with them. You have wearied Him by asking, “Where is the God of justice?” Malachi 2:14-17