Heal Our Land, Lord!

2 Chronicles 7:14


14 if My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

In light of the momentous events that are swirling around us--wars, rumors of war; earthquakes in greater frequency than ever-before recorded; men's hearts that are "wicked above all things," lacking compassion and deliberately disregarding life, should not we who name the name of the Living and Eternal God take it upon ourselves to heed this ancient imperative.

Our God does not require that the unbeliever, the godless, the merciless repent and seek His face. He admonishes HIS PEOPLE who are called by HIS NAME to humble themselves before Him. And who are we? Perhaps more than any other people of faith, we are the Christians, the people who name the name of Christ Jesus.

We must confess our sins of commission and omission. We must repent of our prayerlessness, of our preoccupation with worldly pursuits, of our affinity for the things of time above the things of eternity, of our complacency toward the suffering of our brothers who are not free to worship the Lord...

Let us bow our lives before Him, let us lay our hearts at His feet afresh. Let us ask Him to cleanse us first from our apathy in prayer and renew our fervor for His Kingdom's purposes. Then let us ask Him to allow us to pray the prayers of His heart.