Praise God. It appears the Lord has heard the prayers and cries of so many across the nation asking Him to strike down the 1973 Supreme Court ruling which essentially assumed the right of a pregnant woman to have an abortion under the U.S. Constitution. In a 6-3 decision by the Supreme Court today, June 24th, 2022, resulting from Mississippi case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Roe v. Wade has been overturned. Today marks the day for the true rights of women. For all of the little baby girls in the womb who will now be given the right to life; this is a great day. This is also great for all the little boys who will one day grow to be men that protect their wives, children, and their country. Those who are made and bare the image of God are today given hope of life. May God be praised from the mountain tops.
It is now up to the states across our nation to finally outlaw abortion for good. This victory has turned the battle ensuring life for so many little ones for the time being but there is still work to do. There is still prayers that need to be said, letters to be written, and protection to be ensured. May God grant further wisdom to the leaders of each individual state as they come together to further protect the rights of the American people in and out of the womb. May God grant more blessing upon us though we have sinned for almost 50 years by sacrificing our little ones to the alter of self. Perhaps this is a beginning of a true national repentance towards God. I pray it is so.
In 1 Samuel 12, Samuel the prophet of God says something so striking to the people of Israel after they had demanded a king for themselves like the nations around them.
“19 Then all the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, so that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil by asking for ourselves a king.”
20 Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have committed all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.
21 “You must not turn aside, for then you would go after futile things which can not profit or deliver, because they are futile.
22 “For the Lord will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because the Lord has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.
23 “Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way.
24 “Only fear the Lord and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.
25 “But if you still do wickedly, both you and your king will be swept away.”1
Even after this great sin of rejecting God and asking for a king, Samuel tells the people to not fear but to steadfastly follow God with all their heart. If they were to turn aside, their efforts would be futile and if they continued to sin, both the people and their king would be swept away.
We must consider the great thing the Lord has done for us today and not turn aside chasing after other gods of our own liking. This includes looking towards government as some sort of savior that it can never be. But we must follow God with all our hearts even though we have sinned greatly as a nation for so long. God alone delivers and adds blessing to those who love him and follow his commands. Let us seek his face in forgiveness and praise God today for this historical blessing we see! SDG!
- New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), 1 Sa 12:19–25.