One Nation, under God, Indivisible

Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are His dear children. (Ephesians 5:1, NLT)

When I was growing up, in public school we said the Pledge of Allegiance every morning. Yes, every single morning. There were some changes made and somewhere in middle school, we no longer said the Pledge of Allegiance in school.  

This is in no way a political blog post but I’ve been wondering…is there a connection between, saying the Pledge of Allegiance and the current condition of our country?

Let’s do some math. For kicks and to keep this quick and easy, let’s say there are twenty kids per class and fifteen grades (including preschool) per school. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, there were 99,000 public schools in 2009. 

Compare that number to 248,000 public schools in 1929. But that’s a whole other blog post. You may find these stats at nces.ed.gov 

For purpose of ease, I am not including homeschools, private schools, continuing education, community colleges, universities, etc. 

A few punches in the calculator gives us: 

20 (kids) x 15 (grades) x 99,000 (schools in the United States) = 29,700,000 (school kids)

29,700,000 kids x 5 days per week x 52 weeks per year = 772,200,000 approximate pledges of allegiance that would have been spoken each year via the mouths of school children. 

That is 772,200,000 little voices not speaking the pledge of alliance. Words not currently being spoken out of the mouths of American children per year. Words “dropped” that would have been a driving force in creating one nation, under God, indivisible. 

29,700,000 kids (and we all know that number is very low) not currently saying the Pledge of Allegiance.

If 29,700,000 kids stood and said The Pledge of Allegiance every morning, what exactly might occur?

1. Might that word drop down from each child’s mouth and into their hearts?
2. Might that word CREATE what the children (and teachers) were saying, IN AGREEMENT, one nation, under God, indivisible? 
3. Might America STILL be the great nation it was when it was a Super Power made so by keeping God first? (Matthew 6:33)

These numbers don't even include teachers, homeschoolers and the parents joining forces reciting the Pledge of Allegiance; thus speaking and creating. 

• Our Jehovah God is The Creator. (Genesis 1:1)
• We are made in His Image. (Genesis 1:27)
• God spoke and the world appeared at His command. (Psalm 33:9)
• We are commanded to imitate Him in everything we do. (Ephesians 5:1)

On another note, children have confidence in what they say. Have you ever chatted with a four year old? When my youngest child was about that age, she was completely convinced she could fly. She would flap her arms and get a running start. Nothing I could have said or did, would have ever convinced her she couldn’t fly. The faith of a child moves mountains. They are convinced what they say is true.

The disciples asked Jesus who was the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven. Jesus said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 18:1-5, NLT) Children are extremely important to Jesus.

Reverting back to our discussion about the pledge of allegiance in school, what are we to do? Sit back and accept our country being chipped away, little by little, precept by precept completely changing what America looked like in the vision of one nation, under God? Personally I say, “NO!” As God’s royal priesthood, there is no weapon formed against us going to prosper! (1 Peter 2:9, Isaiah 54:17)

Do the public schools in your area daily recite the pledge of allegiance? If not, we can add it to our daily bible study/prayer time in our homes. Sunday schools can incorporate it into their classes. Pastors can include it in their services. 

Is it not the "little foxes that spoil the vine”? (Song of Solomon 2:15) I truly do not believe I could find even one person to argue against the fact that America is currently in a "hole". It seems to me, "America" has tried and is trying everything else except Kingdom principles. How about this, how about we get back to basics. (Matthew 6:33) The same basics that obviously worked in the past. The same basics that our country was founded on.

My husband, Mike, always says, "The best thing to do when we find ourselves in a hole is to stop digging." With the current "method of operating", we've only found ourselves deeper and deeper in a hole. Let's commit to stop digging, and just test God (Malachi 3:10), and just TRY His method of operating and see His great nation become great once again! (2 Chronicles 7:14) 

It was God who originally SAID, "Let there be light” 

Then what happened? 

There was light (Genesis 1:3)

Today I declare, “Let there be light in our heart, mouth, and homes!"

Father God, in the name of Jesus, Your Word says You give us the desires of our hearts. I am asking You to place godly desire in our hearts with a mouth that follows so that we may boldly proclaim Your will be done in our Nation!