Constitutional Recognition of God's Providence

You might be amazed to know that the Preamble to the Constitution of the State of Illinois reads this way:

 

We, the People of the State of Illinois - grateful to

Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberty

which He has permitted us to enjoy and seeking His blessing

upon our endeavors - in order to provide for the health,

safety and welfare of the people; maintain a representative

and orderly government; eliminate poverty and inequality;

assure legal, social and economic justice; provide

opportunity for the fullest development of the individual;

insure domestic tranquility; provide for the common defense;

and secure the blessings of freedom and liberty to ourselves

and our posterity - do ordain and establish this Constitution

for the State of Illinois.

In this Preamble our State leaders amazingly acknowledge that the God of the Bible has in his providence supplied all the blessings we enjoy, and so we should both thank him as a people and continue to ask his blessings upon us.  My prayer is that as another election season in Illinois approaches, Almighty God might work in such grace that our leaders (and the people of this State) would be awakened to the fundamental truths expressed in the Preamble to our State Constitution!