My people.

     If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a pestilence among My people,
     and my people who are called by my name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
     2 Chronicles 7:13,14 (NASB)

     Many people today apply verse 14 to America. They believe that if the American people as a whole would somehow fall on their knees before God and seek Him in repentance, America would somehow be restored and spared judgement.
     It is true, God would hear, would forgive, and judgement could be averted. However, this idea is taken out of the context of these verses. These two verses are God's response to the nation of Israel at the dedication of Solomon's temple. This is God's word to Israel, His chosen people, the people called by His name. The promise is this; if the nation of Israel, God's chosen people, turned away from God, and if He brought judgement against them, if they would repent and seek Him once again, He would hear, forgive, and heal. Jugement would end, they would be restored, and live under God's blessing once again.
     This priniple can be applied to God's chosen people today. God is no respector of persons. He has no favorite people or nations. America is not God's chosen people. All who have given their lives to Him by faith in Jesus Christ are the chosen people of God.
     We will never see America, or any other nation for that matter, one day just hitting their knees and seeking God all on their own. Judgement begins in the house of God (1 Peter 4:17,18). The church, the called and chosen people of God, needs to be in close abiding fellowship with Him. This promise applies to a backslidden church. If My people, those who have been redeemed by God, those who are called by His name, if they will humble themselves and pray, and seek the face of God with repentant hearts, then God will hear them, forgive them, heal them, empower them. It is then and only then, that they can be used effectively to reach the nations for Jesus Christ.
     A revival must come to God's chosen people first, before it spreads to the world around them!