Great Awakening

Being a nation founded on Christian — really biblical — principles is not a bad thing. It’s actually wonderful. And before you respond that we weren’t founded on biblical principles, check your history. The real history. Take time to watch The Great Awakening. Then do some more fact-checking.

“Many historians believe the Great Awakening helped lay spiritual and cultural groundwork for the American Revolution.”

“George Whitefield is often credited with helping shape a shared American identity that later influenced the spirit of the American Revolution.”

Years after the American revolution, when the Constitutional Convention could find little unity, Benjamin Franklin — a dear friend of George Whitefield — said this:

“In the beginning of the contest with Great Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayer in this room for the Divine protection. Our prayers, sir, were heard — and they were graciously answered.”

He then called the convention to stop and pray again.

Good advice for our leaders in Washington today, don’t you think? Not duty prayer but sincere prayer.

Benjamin Franklin never professed to be a follower of Christ, yet he and many others openly acknowledged Divine power, Divine help, and Divine protection in the founding of the United States.

If our leaders in Washington cannot agree on even this basic founding principle, therein may lie one of our greatest problems.

However, I am confident there are still many Bible-believing Americans praying.

And to quote George Whitefield:

“Don’t follow Whitefield because Whitefield is flawed — follow Christ.”

And he was flawed. As are we all.

Therefore, we do not place our trust in flawed men and women, but in Christ.

It is “in God we trust.” It united us once, let it unite us again.

“Awake, sleeper!” — George Whitefield