The US House few days ago passed a resolution reaffirming 'In God We
Trust' as the country's national motto. The measure which was sponsored
by Republican Representative Randy Forbes from Virginia was approved
with 396 for, 9 against and two abstentions. According to him, the
measure was necessary to check "a disturbing trend of inaccuracies and
omissions, misunderstandings of church and state, rogue court
challenges, and efforts to remove God from the public domain by
unelected bureaucrats'. He further stated that as the United States
faces challenging times that, "it is appropriate for Members of Congress
and our nation-like our predecessors-to firmly declare our trust in
God, believing that it will sustain us for generations to come,' True!
Sure, this measure couldn't have come at a better time. This indeed has
been a trying period for the Americans - terrorism threats, loss of
jobs, moral decay, homosexuality, atheism, Satanism, etc.
'In God
We Trust' first appeared on the US coins during the Civil War in 1864.
It officially became the nations' motto in 1956 by an act of congress,
and began appearing on her paper money the following year - 1957. The
phrase is also found in the last stanza of the US National Anthem,
public buildings, schools and also displayed above judges' chairs in
courts. There is no doubt that America was founded on Christian
principles and this was clearly demonstrated by the founding fathers all
over Washington D.C buildings, in official documents and historic
speeches. God is also mentioned in her constitution and Pledge of
Allegiance. So, what has gone wrong? Why did Rep. Forbes sponsor the
resolution to reaffirm this belief?
According to him, his action
was propelled by the present efforts to remove God from America's public
domain, rogue court challenges, the necessity to declare the country's
trust in God, etc. Wonderful! This is very refreshing, coming from the
same congress that once failed to approve the bill seeking to prohibit
same-sex marriage sometime ago. Yes, America has backslidden. They have
deviated from the dreams and beliefs of their founding fathers. They
have taken the cherished liberty to a very ridiculous level. They have
taken liberty and thrown away the one that gave it to them. President
Thomas Jefferson succinctly captured this when he wrote, ""The God who
gave us life gave us liberty at the same time. Can the liberties of a
nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties
are of God?'"
Today, Americans gladly champion causes that are
contrary to the principles and foundation that brought them to be the
most powerful and most prosperous nation on earth. And this is what
Forbes' sponsored resolution seeks to correct - to remind them of their
root and the source of their strength and prosperity. "Remember it is
God that gives you the ability..." I can hear him saying.
Yes,
this move is critical at this point in time because America has
abandoned the very foundation on which it was built. They have abandoned
the vision and belief of their founding fathers. The legacies, labors
and prayers of their fathers are about going in vain. Would the founding
fathers of America have believed that their cherished nation would one
day champion ungodly and ignoble causes like homosexuality, same-sex
marriage, atheism and occultism? Today more many states in the US have
legalized same-sex (gay) marriage. Even the congress failed to pass the
bill to stop this anti-God, anti-marriage, anti-American madness. Could
the founding fathers have imagined that an American president would be
dancing around such fundamental national issues like gay marriage and
leading the erasing of God in American public consciousness? President
Obama's statement on his trip to India in December is one the reasons
cited by Mr. Forbes for sponsoring his resolution. He called 'E pluribus
unum' (meaning 'from many one') the national motto, and prompted its
addition to the new Capitol Visitors Center. Can you imaging that? But
the Congress has since ordered for the correction.
I know those
great men would be 'groaning' in their graves by knowing that the
country they founded, fought for and nurtured to greatness by their
prayers, handwork and trust in God is now directly involved in Satanism.
I mean people proudly, public flouting their worship Satan the devil.
Incredible! Yes, today you have church of Satan in the US. This is
besides other very demonic and dangerous secret societies and cults.
Most having their headquarters in that country. Consulting psychics and
witches, mediums and other agents of Satan is now the order of the day.
Before, it was a tradition for the authorities to consult men of God on
pressing national issues including going to war, but today all that have
changed. Worse, millions of 'God Own Country' citizens presently do not
believe in the existence God at all. They say that God is just an
illusion or a myth. They believe that the universe just happened. They
believe more in science and technology. I watched one of them on
television recently. He was laboring to prove to the whole world that
his creator does not exit. He has even written books on that. Yes, an
American? Everything about and around God is presently being ridiculed,
questioned or threatened by this same people that He has favored most.
America
is fast deviating from its roots, history, source of strength and place
in prophecy. They are busy instituting democracy, handing out aids,
policing the world, but left their own hedge broken. And the word of God
says that if you break the hedge, serpent will bite you. It is quite
unfortunate that they are by their actions and inactions on the above
enumerated issues throwing their flanks open for an imminent and
monumental divine abandonment, defeat and destruction. They also look
like that army general called Naaman; who was powerful, wealthy,
influential, but leprous. It is indeed sad that the Ephraim (America)
and Manasseh (UK) are both abandoning the God that made them great. The
God that they once preached to the whole world. Today, Ghana, Tanzania
and other countries are resisting the UK government on their gay for
aids policy. The UK authority wants them to legalize homosexuality or
have their aids cut. What a shame! I remember that it was just a
pamphlet of the report on Azusa street revival in the US that triggered
off the now great move of God in my country and in other parts of Africa
from the 1930s. They indeed have abandoned the God they once zealously
forced to us.