The citizens of our great Nation have found themselves on two separate paths, which exemplify a DIVERGENCE. On December 17, 2023, we talked about the sensibility of being found on the RIGHT, in any issue, or in any way, when we blogged, “Is There Justification For Being on the Right”. We followed that blog on December 31, 2023, when we talked about “The Dichotomy of the Season”, where we showed such a tremendous disconnect between what once was in the year 2019 with what is in 2023. The difference is like night and day, and in fact it is manifested in GOOD versus EVIL. The choice for the year 2024 boils down to each citizen of our Nation making a choice about which path to take in this DIVERGENCE. We do not necessarily ascribe to the “Yogiisms” (or pseudo-Yogiisims, we’re not really sure which) attributed to Yogi Berra when he may have said, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” We’re not sure if he meant it didn’t matter which fork you took, or if you found a fork lying on the road, you should pick it up because one would never know when you might need to use it, especially if it was silver and had value.
Those who choose to follow the path of least resistance, who are easily persuaded or beguiled into believing the ideological mantra pushed by socialistic, sociopathic radicals, often those currently in power both in our government and in most major corporations and media outlets, have chosen the way to National destruction of our Republic. (See our blog on DANGERS OF SOCIOPATHS, June 13, 2021.) Those who believe in an unchanging Constitution, who believe there is an ultimate truth, who desire to hold fast to morality, equal justice and equality (not equity), must also choose a path to pursue. It is a path not easily tread upon. The path is cluttered with the bodies of those who have been pursued and attacked, a path frequented by ambushes, false charges and lawsuits, and encompasses what seems to be more up-hill battles than the ease of downhill coasting. Fear has prevented many from making that journey, as much can be lost, like one’s wealth, and ultimately FREEDOM and LIBERTY should prosecution and incarceration be charged and imposed. However, unlike our Founding Fathers, death is not something to be feared, at least “the first death”. To those who have been given much, much will be required (paraphrased from Luke 12:48).
It is true that those who have chosen the RIGHT path have often endured criticism, banning, black-listing, shadow banning, or even cancellation or persecution and incarceration. Many who claim to be on the RIGHT have failed to act accordingly, usually, presumably, because of multiple reasons that can and often do feed on fear. Where would our Nation be today had our Founding Fathers succumbed to these fears? We believe you can surmise the answer. Many months ago, we blogged about the concept of fear in response to our political actions. Please refresh your memory if your fear of action has led you to inaction. (Turn FEARFULNESS into FEARLESSNESS, April 4, 2021.) We believe the ultimate response to the fear of taking action is to put one’s faith in the hands of our Creator. We direct your attention to the Bible book of Psalms. The 119 chapter is the largest chapter in the whole Bible. It would do you well to read it once again and understand from whence the writer’s strength and assurance came. Only a handful of verses in this chapter did not mention it. The writer’s strength and assurance came from God’s precepts, His ordinances, His Word, His law, His statutes, His commandments, His testimonies, His ways, and His judgements. The writer of the Psalm summarized it succinctly when in verse 142 he said, “Thy law is truth”. Knowing the “law” gives “great peace” (vs. 165). When we mentioned earlier about a belief in an ultimate truth, we were not basing our statement upon false hope or unsubstantiated claims. Let us remind you of some words of wisdom from some pretty good folks who helped compile the Psalms.
The section of the Psalms we would like to focus on are chapters 120 through 134. These are called the “songs of assent”, named that way over the centuries as those were the particular Psalms that were recited or sung by the Hebrews as they made their way up the hill to Jerusalem for their annual feasts. The Psalms were also recited or sung as they walked up the steps to the Temple. We use the word “assent”, but the Hebrew word was “ma’alot” meaning “going up”. King David wrote 4 of the assent Psalms, Solomon wrote 1, and 10 were from anonymous writers (biblestudytools.com; May 25, 2023). When choosing to walk on the RIGHT path, consider the following passages from the Psalms.
Psalm 121: “I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From whence shall my help come? My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade on your right hand. The sun will not smite you by day, Nor the moon by night. The Lord will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in From this time forth and forever.”
Psalm 123: 3-4: “Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious to us; For we are greatly filled with contempt. Our soul is greatly filled With the scoffing of those who are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud.”
Psalm 124: “‘Had it not been the Lord who was on our side,’ Let Israel now say, ‘Had it not been the Lord who was on our side, When men rose up against us; Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their anger was kindled against us; The waters would have engulfed us, The stream would have swept over our soul; Then the raging waters would have swept over our soul.’ Blessed be the Lord, Who has not given us to be torn by their teeth. Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the trapper; The snare is broken and we have escaped. Our help is in the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.”
Consider also some verses from Psalm chapter 80. Verses 3 and 4, “O God, restore us, And cause Thy face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.” Repeated in slightly different wording in verses 14 and 19. Look at some of Soloman’s benediction in I Kings 8:46-53, “When they sin against Thee (for there is no man who does not sin) and Thou art angry with them and dost deliver them to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near; if they take thought in the land where they have been taken captive, and repent and make supplication to Thee in the land of those who have taken them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned and have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly’; if they return to Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and pray to Thee toward their land which Thou hast given to their fathers, the city which Thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for Thy name; then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven Thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause, and forgive Thy people who have sinned against Thee and all their transgressions which they have transgressed against Thee, and make them objects of compassion before those who have taken them captive, that they may have compassion on them (for they are Thy people and Thine inheritance which Thou hast brought forth from Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace), that Thine eyes may be open to the supplication of Thy servant and to the supplication of Thy people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to Thee. ‘For Thou hast separated them from all the peoples of the earth as Thine inheritance, as Thou didst speak through Moses Thy servant, when Thou didst bring our fathers forth from Egypt, O Lord God.'” Finally, notice that Daniel prayed a very similar prayer in Daniel 9:1-19, as he recognized not only his own sin, but also that of his people, and made supplication to God for all.
Artificial General Intelligence is rapidly becoming a god to many who choose to ignore our Creator, and many have chosen a path of DIVERGENCE from our Creator. If we desire to retain our FREEDOM and LIBERTY in this great Nation, under the rule of our Creator, the one and only true God, then we must make AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN (our blog on August 15, 2022). May our words today, and the scriptures quoted, spur us all on to make our own supplications to our Creator, to make sure we are on HIS side (see our blog on August 6, 2023, titled, WHOSE SIDE IS THE LORD ON?). Yes, there is DIVERGENCE within our Nation today. Have you made the RIGHT decision, and are you on the RIGHT side?