I don't think there is a single Casting Crowns song that I don't like, but this one is especially timely:

Oh little town of Bethlehem
Looks like another silent night
Above your deep and dreamless sleep
A giant star lights up the sky
And while you're lying in the dark
There shines an ever lasting light
For the King has left His throne
And is sleeping in a manger tonight, tonight

Oh Bethlehem what you have missed
while you were sleeping
For God became a man
And stepped into your world today
Oh little town of Bethlehem
you will go down in history
As a city with no room for its King
While you were sleeping

Oh little town of Jerusalem
Looks like another silent night
The Father gave His only son
The Way, the Truth and the Life had come
But there was no room for Him
in the world He came to save
Jerusalem what you have missed
while you were sleeping
The Savior of the world
is dying on a cross today
Jerusalem you will go down in history
As a city with no room for its King
While you were sleeping
While you were sleeping

United States of America
Looks like another silent night
Every son deceived by philosophies
That save the trees and kill the children
And while lying there in the dark
There's a shout across the eastern sky
For the Bridegroom has returned
And has carried His bride away
in the night, in the night
America what will we miss
while we are sleeping
Will Jesus come again
And leave us slumbering where we lay
America will we go down in history
As a nation with no room for its King

Will we be sleeping
Will we be sleeping

Yes, this is a timely song. (I will upload it onto YouTube and post it soon.)

The song is an eye opener and a warning for America. Though we are a great nation in this world, that doesn't mean we are a great nation in the eyes of God.

Although it's discouraging to see the decline of American morality where everything is now ok, especially in government, there is still hope. I still see God's protection over this country by restrictive laws (such as the illegalization of online gambling). Therefore, the church is still making a difference in this world today and we must continue to stand up for God's truth, even if it means just being responsible voters and putting Godly men into office (if that's possible).

(OK, I am now preaching to myself as I haven't voted in years. Since we moved to this state, DearHubby and I have not yet registered.)

I pray that God will awaken His people in America so that this nation will not be asleep when He returns.

Aside from being responsible voters, another way to ensure that America will not be asleep when Jesus returns is to remember where our true citizenship is at. Following are excerpts from Be Joyful by Warren Wiersbe, Chapter 10: Living in the Future Tense:

To be "spiritually minded" simply means to look at earth from heaven's point of view. "Give your heart to the heavenly things, not to the passing things of earth" (Col. 3:2 PH)...Christians have a dual citizenship-on earth and in heaven-and our citizenship in heaven ought to make us better people here on earth. The spiritually minded believer is not attracted by the "things" of this world. He makes his decisions on the basis of eternal values and not the passing fads of society...

Those who "mind earthly things" talk about earthly things. After all, what comes out of the mouth reveals what is in the heart (Matt. 12:34-37). The citizens of heaven understand spiritual things and enjoy discussing them and sharing them with one another...But speaking heaven's language not only involves what we say, but also the way we say it. The spiritually minded Christian doesn't go around quoting Bible verses all day! But he is careful to speak in a manner that glorifies God. "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man" (Col. 4:6)...

[T]rue Christians live in the future tense, anticipating the return of their Saviour...It is this anticipation of the coming Christ that motivates the believer with the spiritual mind....The fact that Jesus Christ is returning is a powerful motive for dedicated living and devoted service today...The spiritually minded believer does not live for the things of this world; he anticipates the blessings of the world to come.

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