what can the righteous do?
This is the one that got me. I've been hearing this phrase or a variation of it for a while now, usually in regards to some politician trying to scare us into siding with them. But even though it is now a catchphrase, it doesn't mean it's not true.
For as long as I can remember, we have called the US a 'Christian nation.' I've long believed this is more of a cultural thing than an actual spiritual thing. I say that because if we really were a 'Christian nation,' the foundations would be stronger. Churches would be less full (yep, I said less) and more passionate about going to the people. Marriages would never last only 72 days (gotta be topical). There would be no controversy over the Pledge of Allegiance because the "one nation, under God" part would be visibly true. Abortion would not be the issue it is. Our savior would be Jesus, not a political figure or celebrity.
Looking at Americans today, we seem to realize that we are not- at the foundation- Christian any longer. And we are paralyzed on how to get back to that. Back to Him.
Verse 1 tells us how: take refuge in God. Run not to Dr. Phil, Oprah, or the government when things are hard- run to God. We as a people are not righteous (no, not one). God is righteous. We cannot save ourselves, let alone our nation. We think we can, and so did Israel. They begged for a king, a human ruler, but God kept telling them that He was their King. Finally, God gave them their king, and nothing really got better. Because they sought salvation by human righteousness, not God's righteousness.
So, when the foundations, the core things, are being destroyed, they are being destroyed by our hands. We are not righteous.
But God is.
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