America’s Failure to Praise God

“When you have eaten your fill, be sure to praise the LORD your God for the good land he has given you. But that is the time to be careful! Beware that in your plenty you do not forget the LORD your God and disobey his commands, regulations, and decrees that I am giving you today.” Deuteronomy 8:10-11 NLT

In the Old Testament book of Deuteronomy, Moses is giving his final instructions from the Lord to the nation of Israel as they were about to enter the Promised Land. Moses tells them to be careful to obey all the commands God is giving them. (Dt. 8:1) It was the Lord God who was giving them this land of a fruitful bounty. They were to remember and praise God after they ate and were filled who had bless them and given them the land. But then a warning was given to be careful they do not forget God in their prosperity and disobey his commands. Israel in the Old Testament had done that many times and America is doing the same thing in our day.

America was once considered the breadbasket of the world. That is not case at the present time as Brazil is rising to the top spot along with the Ukraine. The war in Ukraine since 2022 has proven their contribution to the world’s food supply as shortages and higher prices have occurred. America still produces 75% of the nation’s food supply, and the United States is still the world’s top food exporter as of 2018. But it has no doubt become a global market.

The fact of the matter is that despite the decline of the nation’s food supply, America still has the potential to feed the world. Somewhere along the line America has failed when according to a report from NPR in October of 2023, ‘44.2 million people lived in households that had difficulty getting enough food to feed everyone in 2022, up from 33.8 million people the year prior, including more than 13 million children.’ Not to mention the increasing homeless population among the ever-increasing poverty rate, America is failing.

Moses’ words from the Lord can easily be applied to the United States of America. This country was established on godly principles founded in the pages of holy scripture. God has richly blessed America, but we have lost our way, strayed from godly principles, and forgot God. America’s failure to praise God for past blessings has created a self-sufficient attitude resulting in a nation turning its back on God. But as God had restore Israel many times after repenting and turning back to God, God will restore America to its greatness to be the breadbasket of the world, but only as we repent and turn back to God.