Have We Lost Our Moral Compass?

I think all Christians would agree that our nation is headed on the wrong path. Socially, economically, and -- most of all -- spiritually, we seem to have lost our moral compass. The message from Washington, DC, is that we are no longer a "Christian" nation. Are they right?

When Abraham Lincoln was formally introduced to author Harriet Beecher Stowe, he is reported to have said that she was "the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war."

Although the president wasn't entirely serious, Stowe's famous novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was instrumental in the abolishment of slavery in the United States. It graphically depicts the racism and injustice of slavery that helped to start the bloody Civil War.

But when Lincoln put his signature on the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that all slaves "shall be free," folks realized that Ms. Stowe's novel had indeed helped to change the nation's moral compass.

I can't help but wonder: Who will rise up and change the moral compass of today?

In Old Testament times King Solomon was given clear directions that would change the moral compass of Israel, God's chosen people. And, friend, those same directions would apply to us today! They are found in the words of Almighty God in II Chronicles 7:14 -- "If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land."

It is my belief that, if the Christians across this nation of ours would take a personal inventory based on II Chronicles 7:14, we would see that our only hope for us in these troubling times is to heed the words that God spoke to Solomon. If we will humbly seek the face of God in prayer and repentance of sin we will see changes begin to take place in our own lives.

And, when personal change comes, we just might become the instruments that God can use to change this great nation's moral compass.

That's how I see it from a ... "Pastor's Perspective."