The Fox website has a neat little question each week, “If you were the President…”; today’s question, “What would your strategy be for keeping America safe?” (Linked via title bar)
The answer, one which will not sit well with many folks, comes from the faith based side of preparation. There will be a momentary time out while those not interested can click on some other article, yawn once and shake their heads from side to side, exclaim something along the lines, “Damn, it’s the religious right, here we go again”, or some other less printable statement.
The requirements for safeguarding America are simple; each individual citizen is responsible for following the commandments, from our elected leaders filling fancy chairs in Washington to those sitting in our homes. If we are a righteous people the Lord will not permit this land of promise to be overrun. In the scriptures you will find:
“( verse 3) If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;. . .(verse 6) And I will give peace the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.” (Lev. 26:3, 6.)
“9 Wherefore, I, Lehi, have obtained a promise that inasmuch as those whom the Lord God shall bring out of the land of Jerusalem shall keep his commandments, they shall prosper upon the face of this land; and they shall be kept from all other nations, that they may possess this land unto themselves. And if it so be that they shall keep his commandments they shall be blessed upon the face of this land, and there shall be none to molest them, nor to take away the land of their inheritance; and they shall dwell safely forever.
10 But behold, when the time cometh that they shall dwindle in unbelief, after they have received so great blessings from the hand of the Lord—having a knowledge of the creation of the earth, and all men, knowing the great and marvelous works of the Lord from the creation of the world; having power given them to do all things by faith; having all the commandments from the beginning, and having been brought by his infinite goodness into this precious land of promise—behold, I say, if the day shall come that they will reject the Holy One of Israel, the true Messiah, their Redeemer and their God, behold, the judgments of him that is just shall rest upon them.
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/1 I’ve shown 2nd Nephi verses 9 and 10; however I recommend the entire chapter; looking down to verse 20:
“And he hath said that: Inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments ye shall prosper in the land; but inasmuch as ye will not keep my commandments ye shall be cut off from my presence.” (2 Ne. 1:20.)
“If citizens do not have a basic goodness to govern their actions toward one another, we can never achieve peace in the world. One nation’s greed, hatred, or desire for power over another is simply a reflection of the greeds, hatreds, and selfish desires of individuals within that nation.” Elder Dallin H. Oaks Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from a talk given May 1990 in General Conference.
How much better off would our country be were each of us to commit to following the laws set down by our Creator rather than avoiding them? Would we not be protected by His promise?
“I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise.” D&C 82: 10
I’m not advocating peace at any cost, disarmament or backing down from a fight when confronted by those who intend to destroy us. There clearly are evil people with whom we must defend ourselves and our way of life. My concern would be whether or not we are living our lives in such a way as to be worthy to ask the Lord to fight our battles for us or at least be there on our side. Is this too much to ask when planning for the safety of this generation and all that follow?
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