How Does God Bless America?
Many have sung “God Bless America.” But have they stopped to consider how God blesses America? What are the truly good things that God has given America? Does God bless America by giving us more money and goods, so that we can trust in money and goods? Does he bless us with luxuries that distract us from thinking about the purpose of life? In the old covenant, God promised to give Israel national blessings for obedience, and national curses for disobedience. Israel broke her covenant with God, and the land was taken over by outsiders. But in the new covenant, God takes away our sins and gives us his righteousness through faith in Immanuel, God with usJesus Christ, the perfect human. Our inheritance is not land and it is not a great nationit is eternal life. Perhaps what Americans need is the courage, integrity and unity to defend its Constitution, which guarantees our freedom to worship and believe as we see fit. And perhaps what we need is faithfaith that God loves us even when we hur
