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What Now?

(KJV) ISAIAH 55:4
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.

This is a great time to be an American! This is a great time in American History! We have entered into a new era with the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States . To God be the glory! The glass ceiling has been forever shattered! Many of us believed that we would never see this in our lifetime. This is just another testament that man’s greatest impossibility is God’s simplest possibility.

But what now? What does this really mean for our nation? What does this mean for the body of Christ? What does this mean for the black community? I was proud to see all the people gathered here in Chicago in celebration of his victory. In my spirit, I wondered where would these same people be on Sunday? In church perhaps? NOT! I was amazed at how much money President Elect Obama raised in rather short periods of time. In my spirit, I wondered why so many churches are lacking in funds? What now? I received numerous emails request special prayers for him. I hardly ever receive emails for someone’s personal salvation or deliverance. What now?

God has blessed us with a new leader, but what now? Is it time for celebration or self examination? Even with a black man as president we must still address the issues that confront our community. A failing educational system, a breakdown of the family, a tear down of basic moral principles, an acceptance of drugs, crime, and a thug lifestyle, and a serious church decline. Why is there more black men in jail than in the church or college? What will really change for blacks in America? I ask what now?

I am fearful, that we are being lead into a false sense of security that the cultural things we have begun to accept in our community are being further legitimized by Obama’s win. To wit, many churches will seek and continue to become much like the political scene, accepting the ways of the world as a way of the church. In the natural man I rejoice, in my spirit I am praying and asking God what now? Oh my God! WHAT NOW? His answer… led me to this (KJV) Isaiah 55:8-9 8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, Neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. God is not done yet! Are you ready for God’s next move? Are your oils lamps full and ready for Jesus’ return? When He does return… What then? What now? Have a blessed week, In Jesus’ Name… Amen!

By: Elder Michael L. Hargett
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