THEME: THE FALL OF HUMAN EMPIRES AND THE CALL TO DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY 

America, the “Land of Liberty,” is in distress on the high seas of both domestic and global economy. The Obama Administration is struggling for coherence, relevance, and above all, purposeful performance to arrest the situation. It is with this in mind that we believe that the Spirit of God led us to write to alert America and the world at the beginning that President Obama will fail. The truth in this direction is not only that President Obama assumed office when America was already in the twilight zone of power and glory; President George Bush’s regime had already spelt the knell. Only special Divine resurrection spirit, wisdom, and power—that which raises the dead, inspires and energizes the human spirit, and direct human efforts in strategic ways—can save America from the imminent fall. 

Unfortunately, Obama came into office not by acknowledging and honoring the God of America, His Truth and Will for America, but by the old political wranglings both within the Democratic Party and the nation at large.   

The old-time political wrangling that diffuses, disintegrates, and scatters the solid front and position of leaders and parties had struck deep into the Democratic Party through learnings within the Democratic Party and the US media during the presidential nomination race. Obama became a beneficiary of the political wrangling.   

He brought nothing new to Washington save his skin, his oratory to some extent, and if you may the “open hand in the glove” politics within the Democratic Party. Already, the alliance between Democratic kingmakers and media gurus has almost broken down. Mr. Obama is, on the whole, now left on his own to face; the media and the party on one part, and the nation and the world on another.  

It is here that President Obama has been thrown to the wall. The fundamental question at stake now is how to change America’s general rejection of God—His will, law, light, and way, the worship and knowledge of Him—so as to court Divine mercy, intervention, and spirit to avert America’s imminent fall in power and glory. There is also another issue, what policy measures to take in the face of economic failure and political disarray without compromising on America’s time-standing imperialist world dominating superpower stance, structures and all. Obama is fighting a losing battle against God, and against time. Demands at home and abroad are to say the least overwhelming. 

It is unfortunate in this direction that, the Church in America has fully bought into and adopted the America’s superpower global economic and imperialist political agenda. The church has indeed become a virtual partner and active agent in the pursuit of America’s global economic and political interests. Intercession for America seems to be very weak.  The Voice of God no doubt is seriously missing in America’s politics and national order. 

It may be assumed here that many a minister in the church in Third-world countries, such as Ghana, have also become hirelings and unwitting partners for America’s global political and economic ventures. They do not seem to care that America herself has deserted the banner “IN GOD WE TRUST.” That America’s imperialist superpower global enterprise is sending millions to the grave without God and without hope around the globe. Consequently, many are cursing Jesus Christ and damning the Christian Faith because America gives the deceitful impression that it is a Christian nation.  But the truth is that America has rejected Jehovah God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, many years ago. Secular America has no room for God and Christ at the gates and in the courts of power! 

We end by re-echoing the Christmas message the Spirit of the Lord led us to declare: AMERICA HAS REACHED THE END OF THE JOURNEY. The die is cast. Her power and glory as a superpower has come to an end. It will end in Afghanistan, as was the case with Russia of the Soviet Union. Already, Obama is caught in the web. America’s pretense standing as God and Supreme Power— whose voice, bidding, and control keep the world political economy going—is flat out.  

America has the option to repent and go back to her God, she must abandon the imperialist superpower global stance and re-build herself on the foundation of IN GOD WE TRUST, acknowledging God and the worship, knowledge and honor of Him as God of America. She will have to rebuild the gates and walls of peace, righteousness, justice, freedom, liberty, joy, and hope in the truth, protection, and abiding Hand of the Almighty. Economic power and military might are but stubble before God Almighty. (Psalm. 33: 10-19; Isaiah. 2: 7-12) 

In this regard, may we warn that woe betides Ghana if she turns away to Satan and the gods of old, or to human philosophies, ideologies, and social order based on the rejection of God and the  knowledge of Him, where blood sacrifices, silver, gold, metal and mortar, machines, and military ware are the hall marks of development and progress, beauty, and glory. On the other hand, Ghana cannot run away from America only to turn to China!  

There is more to life than food, shelter, clothing, academic degrees, professional skills, castles, palaces, and domes. Life is spirit. It must be lived in the knowledge and fear, trust and obedience of God—who is the source and father of spirits, the virtues of creation, the wisdom behind natural forces, and power holding natural order in balance.  

This is the basis of peace, righteousness, justice, joy, liberty and hope, progress, and glory.  “And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou has sent. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom He hath chosen for His own inheritance. Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.” (John 17: 3; Psalm. 33: 12; Proverbs. 14: 34; Psalm. 127:1) 

January 21, 2010