Value the Power of Prayer

April 12

We live in an age when it is easy to become frustrated with what is transpiring in our nation and in the world. We seem to see a fulfillment of the scriptural warning that there was a time coming when “good will be called evil and evil will be called good” Isaiah 5:20.

We are aware that the verse clearly states that “woe” shall be upon such a people. Psalm 12:8 says, “The wicked will thrive on every hand when vile men are exalted.” Indeed, that prophecy seems to be coming to pass in our generation.

It would be easy to have abject distain for such leaders, but our God directs us to hate the sin but love the sinner. He admonishes us to pray for those in authority over us (I Timothy 2:2). He wants us to value the power of prayer and to apply it liberally to those whose actions and seeming lack of regard for Him and His law make them the neediest among us.

In Hebrews 12:15 He says, “See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, many be defiled.” Our admonition is to pray His grace over those who evidence a lack of it. When we do, perhaps we shall bridge the gap between their fallacious deeds and the trouble they can cause –and the peace we desire to be our portion.