June 24, 2022. A day of rejoicing and celebrating. The day that our Supreme Court reversed one the most unconstitutional and heinous rulings in the history of America. The day that Roe v. Wade died. Long live millions of babies!
Ten years ago, on Sanctity of Life Sunday 2012, we prayed this exact prayer together at the end of my message:
Lord, we have no power in ourselves to win this battle for life. We need You to move in power, for we are not able to change hearts or minds. Only You can do that.
We are powerless to change worldviews and transform a culture of death in order to save over 1.3 million children per year who are destroyed in the grisly act of abortion.
We are incapable of making the judiciary wise or giving the legislature boldness or mobilizing the slumbering population that has turned its back on those who are being led to slaughter.
We are not able to heal the endless wounds and sad repercussions of godless ideologies and their bloody deeds.
But, our God, you are able. You are more than able. You are all-powerful. You reign supreme over men and women and rulers and the kingdoms of this world.
So we humble ourselves and turn from reliance on ourselves to total reliance and dependence on You.
We cry out to You for the sake of Your name and for Your glory, and we plead with You in the mighty name of Jesus, who came as a baby, to act, O God! Please move with power for the advancement of Your life-giving purpose. Please move in a sovereign demonstration of Your wisdom and Your truth and Your authority over all things. Defend the helpless! Rescue those who are being led away to death!
O glorious God and gracious Father, we hunger for the revelation of Your power. Come, great and majestic King, and manifest Your glory in our broken nation, for the sake of Your name and for the lives of children created in your image, in the name of Jesus, the Lord of Life, Amen.
God heard us. Ten years later, He reigned supreme in the hearts of 5 Supreme Court justices. We bow in humble thanksgiving and leap in exuberant rejoicing.
But the battle is not over. The praying is not over. There are still too many cesspools of godlessness in our nation. There are still too many states where the lives of unborn little boys and girls mean nothing.
But God’s people never give up. With Jesus on the throne there is always hope. With God, all things are possible.
So we buckle on the armor of God and continue the fight, with our feet firmly planted on the solid rock of Jesus.
I love being with you in this life. Thank you for your part in the defense of the unborn. Rejoice heartily in this victory. As one writer put it: “This is no time to go wobbly, to doubt our own rightness and therefore fail to forthrightly celebrate our recent victories over Moloch.”
Celebrate, church! The god of this world will have fewer babies being presented at his altar. We long for the day when there will be none.
And keep fighting the fight. Keep praying the prayers. We will never give up. We will never give in.
I love my church family! Jesus is Lord!
Pressing on with you, with our eyes fixed on Jesus,
Pastor Butch
