Let's make this present day ...which nation's progress today would you think Satan would be most proud of? And we could also ask, what we are proud of?

I am proud to see that when there is any world disaster that strikes, the United States of America is among the first to respond with providing help and assistance.  I am proud of our Service men and women who give their all to represent peace and justice ...and this includes our local authorities of law enforcement, and our firefighters and a long list of medical personnel.  

I wouldn't say I am proud of the freedoms that our country allows us ...though it does come at a cost, and I am proud of those who stand up.  I would rather say that I am grateful for our freedoms ...and I feel this is something beyond pride, that I can't quite fully express.

It seems all the things that I've mentioned to be proud of ....would not be on Satan's list.

So, what would be??

I imagine that Satan wants the opposite of what God wants ...so let's look at what God wants.

What do you think that God wants foremost?  Far be it that I would answer this question ...as I am not going to claim to have insight beyond the mere intellect of my finite brain.  Nonetheless ...and probably it will amount to less, but I will nonetheless share my insight.

I believe that we could list may things we feel that God wants ...but, first consider that God can get anything He wants, so is that really qualified as wanting.  If someone has the power and ability to get whatever they want and they don't have it ...then they either don't have an intense enough desire for it, or it is more complex than what we can comprehend.

(I can barely comprehend what I just said, but I know it is significant ...and if it is also significant to you, you can also comprehend it if you have the desire to.)

I believe the latter is true ...that it is more complex than what we can comprehend most of the time. It's like the simple principle in the saying, "You can't have your cake and eat it too."

Well, you say, wasn't I talking about God ...where that doesn't need to hold true.  God could have His cake and eat it too.  Yet, in looking at it that way, we are only looking at one aspect of God.  If we speak of God's unchanging character, we couldn't say that God is loving and He is unloving.

I know there are times this feeling exists, where we doubt God's love for us or for another.  But, since God is love ...then I should trust Him to define it.  I think that love was adequately defined through His Son, Jesus.

When we say God loves us, then perhaps we question why He allows bad things to happen.  We quickly conclude that a loving God would not permit such things, but since we in fact experience these such things ...then where is the breakdown?

I will break it down to the fact that love entails choice, and in loving us, God gives us the opportunity to experience it also.  Love would mean nothing to us, if we couldn't experience a portion of it.  And love isn't love, unless it incorporates the ability to participate in it ...by choice.

For love to endure, something else is necessary ...and that something includes the ability to carry it out, and it requires righteousness.

God is absolutely good and loving.  Absolute good aims to conceive us, convince us, and convert us ...never to confuse us.  Absolute evil aims to distract us, deceive us, and destroy all good.  So, for good to exist ...the means of its destruction must be separated, or placed out of harm's way.  And this is where righteousness comes in ...as it is done right and fair.  The choice, or chance is given to all.

What is that choice?  Well, it's the choice to be able to choose to accept God's way, or not to choose God's way.  And the righteousness of God can be explained by Him making that to be a clear choice.  God does not want to distract, deceive, or destroy us.  He sent His Son, Jesus, to save us.  Jesus made that clear.  If we choose God's way ...He wants us to be clear on who He is and what His way is, as they are one in the same.  And if we reject God's way, then he wants it to be clearly His way we are rejecting ...not rejecting Him for who He is not.

So, that's what I believe God wants the most ...for us to know Him for who He is.


And therefore, I believe what Satan would want most ...is for us to not see God for who He is.

Let's not pretend the world is in our hands ...it is in our heart to decide.

Many people could name nation's who do many evil things as being the most against the plan God has for us ...but with all their wickedness, they mostly are clearly seen as such.  And many of them are very ripe, and open for missionaries to come ...to tell of God's love.

The most disturbing are those who would represent righteousness by their own definition, yet are like those who forge another person's signature.  We should not assign God's name to things that are clearly not the signature of His character.


On the world stage, missionaries are doing much to spread the truth of God's Word.  Politically, it almost always tends to be a different agenda ...and often God's way is tweaked to meet that agenda.  So, when God's glory is compromised in our hearts, our heartland is in trouble.

I pray that the United States of America realizes the greatness of a nation rests with aligning ourselves with God's principles and truth ...not in a general sense, but absolutely as stated in His Word, the Bible.  If the USA does not primarily view this as of utmost importance, then if Satan can be imagined to smile ...he likely will.