Are we spiritually bankrupt?

I have been reading through the Books of the prophets in the Old Testament. I can’t help but ask myself a question. Is our nation today as spiritually bankrupt as Israel was then?

Habakkuk 1:4 and 3:2 says “...the law is slacked, and judgement (justice) doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgement proceedeth....O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years...in wrath remember mercy.”

General MacArthur pointed out two possible paths a nation in decline can follow: “History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been either a spiritual awakening to overcome the moral lapse or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster.”

Understanding that revival must start in my own heart, I beg you to join me in prayer for revival. Maybe God in His great mercy will again bless this once great nation.

“If my people which are called by my name shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and heal their land.” -II Chronicles 7:14

­—Scott Kerr, Moiese