God Still Knows Exactly What to Do

"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
Isaiah 41:10

“I don’t know what to do!”

Actress Jennifer Garner spoke that line in the 2001 Academy Award winning film, Pearl Harbor. She starred as Sandra, a young Army nurse serving in a makeshift hospital on Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941. Walking wounded arrived by the score, bleeding profusely their charred and broken bodies beaten to shreds, many with wounds too deep to fix. The doctors, nurses, and Army corpsmen did everything they could to manage the unfathomable catastrophe, but the scene was overwhelming. It was too much to manage, too unbelievable to comprehend. Terrified, the young nurse looked around her at the mayhem and cried, “I don’t know what to do!”

I can only imagine the horrors of that infamous day when our nation came under attack. Bombs fell from the sky. Torpedoes exploded. Over 2300 brave sailors died and countless more were injured. It was the first time in modern history that we felt the pounding of our enemy’s feet on our own soil—this sacred ground, the United States of America—and it angered us! We knew our enemy. We saw the whites of his eyes and the evil of his cause, and in our righteous determination we fought back. And thank God, we won!

But 67 years later we live in a different America. Our moral values have slipped. We’ve grown politically correct. And the Godly principles on which this country was founded no longer seem important. People, what’s going on here? Are we so quick to forget all that God has done for us? Well make no mistake—we need Him again. Our world is at war, and just as in 1941 we are the battleground. Only this time we can’t see our enemy. We don’t know whom to trust. And many Americans have floundered, looking around them at the chaos and crying, “I don’t know what to do!”

Well this is still sacred ground. America is still worth fighting for. And God is still in control. So stand up. Remember the Christian principles on which our country was founded. Turn to the one in whom we still trust. And stand your ground. God said, “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

So I ask you, as you consider the fate of our great nation—this indivisible union that still provides liberty and justice for all—what are you so worried about? Why are you so afraid? God is still in charge. And if we will humble ourselves, turn back to Him and ask Him to heal our land, in His righteous determination He will do just that. He’s still in charge. And He still knows exactly what to do!

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Dedicated to all veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Thank you for your sacrifice. And may God bless our home, The United States of America.
-Veterans Day 2008

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