Wed.'s Devo - Like Israel - Like America

Read Isa. 27:1-13
Once again we are "in that day" meaning millennial reign. Israel's enemy is like the "piercing serpent" that will be ultimately destroyed by the Lord. At the end of the tribulation, God will rescue Israel and destroy its enemies. Then Israel will blossom and be very fruitful. God had to discipline Israel by sending the "east wind" which were the Babylonians who took them into captivity. This was fulfilled in 586 B.C. when Jerusalem's inhabitants were carried into captivity in Babylon. Jerusalem would be desolate and abandoned for a time. There Israel would be purified until all the harlotry was out of her heart. When she repents God will restore her and bring her back to her land. We have been privileged in our lifetime to see Israel rise up to become a nation. We are watching our own nation go into captivity to sin and idolatry. We are witnessing disaster after disaster as God is trying to get our attention and get us to repent and turn around. If we don't we will be taken over by a stronger nation like China. I'm not prophesying I am just looking at the past pattern. I pray we repent and fall into the hands of a merciful God.
Lord, you are our only hope and you have all the answers to get us out of the mess we are in. We acknowledge that you are the God of America. We pray for the spirit of cleansing and repentance to fall on our hearts.