Onward Christian Soldier
As Christians we cannot keep looking back to what was. We cannot go back in time and live in a bygone era. The best way forward this fourth of July is to be realistic about the land in which we live and remember we are just pilgrims here. Our citizenship is in Heaven. We must also fight to bring others with us.
Constantly looking back on what was (and I have been guilty as anyone) may cause us to become like Lot's wife in our spiritual walk. We might be salt but we will not be going, growing, or sharing the way God would have us to. Could it be that our looking back to the way America used to be (our personal understanding anyway) is actually causing us to take our hand off the plow?
This doesn't mean we quit voting and working to make America and the world better. But it does mean that we do not head back to our barracks or monasteries and leave the world to its own demise. If God so loved the world to die for her then we as His children need to fight for her.
We need to take up the old song and march to the beat of our heavenly worship leader, "Onward Christian Soldiers Marching As To War With The Cross Of Jesus Going On Before".