As Christians all over the world celebrate Easter, it brings to mind how much our Founders relied so heavily on the laws of God to form our government. They knew that a just government without leaning on the righteous foundation of God's laws, which are so vividly prescribed in The Holy Scriptures, could never survive. John Adams, our second president, in an October 1798 letter to the Massachusetts Militia, stated so eloquently, "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
Along with Adams, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and many of the others of these wise men relied on their faith in the Almighty to see them through the dark times of the Revolution against Great Britain and the uncertainty that befell them following its victory. The famous portrait of Washington kneeling in prayer at Valley Forge demonstrates to me all I need to know about faith and its importance in the shaping of our great republic.
Today, I believe, we need faith and trust in God more than ever in order to defeat the complex problems that continually battle our resolve. If we are not victorious, it is because we forgot "that we're One Nation Under God," said President Ronald Reagan in August 1984. "Then we will be a nation gone under." Prayer, perpetuated by our faith in God, is not only the answer, but required for the health and well-being of America's present and future. His will be done.
Happy Easter!
Note: Quotations courtesy of The American Patriot's Bible, Dr. Richard G. Lee, General Editor.
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