The Age of Disgrace

Hosea 4:6 (HCSB)

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

This charge is directed to the priests, to the spiritual leaders of Israel. They do not love truth, therefore they do not know the truth. Because they cannot teach what they don’t have the people are devoid of truth. The consequence is that the whole population is “doomed”!

Hosea 4:14 (HCSB)

People without discernment are doomed.

I cannot read this without feeling a burden for America, for my nation today. I believe there is a famine for the Word of God in our land. Those who are to be leaders in holiness have an insatiable appetite for sin. We read routinely of preachers falling into disgrace because of sin. Only now it is no longer considered disgraceful. To the contrary, they say that their experiences have equipped them to be better communicators of grace.

Where was the power of grace to keep them from sin? They didn’t want that!

Our desperate need today is for holy men of God to faithfully fulfill their ministry to proclaim the truth! Without these men—and the people who will listen to them—we will continue to be a people without discernment. Has anyone noticed we seem to be in a flat spin and picking up speed?

Father, forgive us. There is no truth, no faithful love, and no knowledge of God in this land. Cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery are rampant. One act of bloodshed follows another. The land mourns! Unaware of it our people are languishing. You lay blame at the preachers and spiritual leaders of our nation. We have turned our honor to disgrace. We feed on the sin of Your people. We are under your judgment. Please forgive us. Please heal us. Please turn us around! Please give us credible preachers, men of integrity, who preach the truth and back it up with holy living!