"The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks and make your home on the heights, you who say to yourself, 'Who can bring me down to the ground?' Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down, declares the Lord."
Obadiah 1:3-4

I realize that this passage wasn't written to Americans per se'. But it's easy to see that it could have been. It is an example of what happens when a nation becomes haughty.This nation (America) has become so prideful in our prosperity that in some ways it has become our god. We've felt invincible. In recent times however, our economy has taken a nosedive and reached crisis levels. As a result, our influence globally is at an all time low.The god of money and power are being brought down. It's kind of funny that the eagle and the stars are mentioned here since these are two things associated with America. It's time that we wake up and realize that God is a jealous God and he wants nothing placed before him. That includes our own self sufficiency. Our reliance should always be on him. When we ignore God, we can rest assured he's not happy. We have to stop taking God out of the equation.