God first

These first four commandments as one Pastor said are about relationship with God. He wants to be first in our lives. The problem with our country today is we have removed God from first place. Some will disagree with what the forefathers intended. The Bible can be relative where ever we are. It was relevant to slave and slave owners. It doesn't mean God approved of slavery, it just means God is there for us what ever our lot in life. At one time there was a lot of discussion about the King James version being the correct and most accurate interpretation of the original manuscripts. How does that work for you if you live in Russia and speak and read Russian? Or how does the English translation of the Bible work for you if you live in Japan and speak and read Japanese? The Bible is intended for us to guide us, if you are a business man or a farmer. Man or Woman, child or adolescent. It was there to help even slaves in time of slavery. Perhaps this great nation will fall, God will still be there for us. He is not dependant on this nation to survive to change hearts and lives. He has been changing lives before the great reformation. He was there for people before the Bible was written.  God was there for Joseph when he was a slave in Potiphar's house.  God wants to be first in our lives, that is what the first four commandments are about. We have an election coming up, and many will be looking to change President to another party and some will be looking to keep the same political party in office. One Pastor said if we are looking to a political party to fix our lives, we are looking to the wrong source.  God is the one that changes hearts and lives.  We can live Godly and contentedly under any government.  God is over all. He sets Kings up and takes them down.  Sometimes, he lets us have our way and we suffer the consequences. The commandments give us the requirements to make God first. It will work under a King or a Dictator, a liberal or a conservative. A Mormon can be President or an atheist  and God is still over all. Yes,  I will vote my conscience when the times comes, but  Godliness with contentment is great gain. Is my passage for eternity ready?  Yes, it will not matter who is President. It will not matter if this nation falls as some are afraid will happen.  God is the source of life.  He is the creator and wants to be first, all else needs to be secondary. People that are unhappy with this President will be unhappy still, no matter which way it goes. God is the source of life. God is still over all. II Chronicles 7:14 has the answer for our nation today. I intend to be ready if my God calls me home tomorrow or I live to be one hundred.  Every day above ground is a good day, the next day below ground will be even better.  God bless, LVZ.