Today’s Daily Lesson comes from Psalm 85 verses 8 through 13:
8 I will listen to what the Lord God is saying,
for he is speaking peace to his faithful people
and to those who turn their hearts to him.
9 Truly, his salvation is very near to those who fear him,
that his glory may dwell in our land.
10 Mercy and truth have met together;
righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
11 Truth shall spring up from the earth,
and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
12 The Lord will indeed grant prosperity,
and our land will yield its increase.
13 Righteousness shall go before him,
and peace shall be a pathway for his feet.
Yesterday’s revelation of President Trump’s call to the Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was a startling beginning to what is surely to be an intense week in America. The President’s clear coercion of Secretary Raffensperger was obvious, unethical, and illegal. It is sad that so many of the President’s supporters will turn yet another blind eye to this kind of intimidation. But credit belongs to the Secretary, and also his attorney who both stood their ground in defense of the truth.
So, while the state of politics in America is dismal, there is hope. Despite so many who have enabled the kind of coercive and unethical tactics we heard in the phone call yesterday, there are still servants and officers of good conscience from both major political parties who are standing for truth, integrity, and law and order. We pray to God these leaders and servants will continue to hold out for the sake of the future of the Union.
The Lesson today gives us hope also.
“Truth shall spring up from the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven,” the psalmist says, that “glory may dwell in our land.”
May it be so for America; and may God mend her every flaw . . .
Ryon Price is the Senior Pastor or Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas.
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