Calling on Zeus

It seems like all of the presidential candidates like to say, “God bless America.” How can one say those words without context or say them uncritically? Are we dealing with a myth or reality? We call good evil and evil good; light darkness and darkness light. Yet the phrase, “God bless America”, is sure to elicit cheers and applause. It is one thing to engage in repentance in order to seek the blessing of God; it is dangerous to baptize ourselves with self-righteousness and invoke Divine blessing – we might as well call on Jupiter or Zeus, we might be safer – they cannot answer…but the true and living God may decide to answer us in His righteous judgment.