When Will the Church Wake Up?

God is waiting for the Heartcry of His people. When will the Church finally rise from its slumber and cry out to our Holy God? Our world is decaying around us. The morals of society are at an all time low. Our teenagers are bombarded with sexual immorality. Our families are under attack from the Evil One and are crumbling right before our eyes. We have become a people who point fingers at society and blame a corrupt nation for the demise of America. It has become easy to sit back in our pews and lament the fact that our government doesn't want God to be a part of our lives. My brothers and sisters, the problem with our nation is not that our government doesn't want God to be a part of our society; they are just following the example given them by the church.
Our corrupt society is a natural consequence of a corrupt Church. Long before the government began their exile of God from society, we exiled God from our lives. How so, you ask? The Church has moved from the body of Christ headed by Jesus Christ to an organization headed by man. In our personal lives, we have relegated God to a secondary position behind the whims and desires of the flesh. We will serve God if and when it is convenient. We will pray when we have the time. We will seek His direction on issues that we think warrant His attention. There was a day, not too long ago, when we had surrendered our lives to Jesus Christ and submitted ourselves to His Lordship. Once upon a time, Jesus was Lord of our lives, our thoughts, and our behavior. Yes, there was a time when we did not consider our own ways, but acknowledged God in all our ways. But that time is gone.
We live our lives to please ourselves. There is a new Lord in town and his name is me. We suffer from the malady of meism. We cannot hope for a transformation in our society until we first see a transformation in our hearts. God weeps over the Church in America and His Heart cries out for us to take a good look in the mirror and discover that the problem with America is the Church! We must be mindful of the Lords, "If my people who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land" (2 Chronicles 7:14).
When will the Church finally become broken about our sin of disobedience and come before God humbly and seek His face, longing for Him to once again be Lord of our lives? God longs for the day when the Church wakes up and cries out to Him.