As I was driving home last night, I was convicted by a thought:

Never have we had a more vital time to pray than in 2017.

 

Yes….we are fattened up by food….we can get whatever we want to eat whenever we want it.

 

Yes….we are lavished with all of the modern luxuries.

 

In the palm of our hand we have phones that have more information than we can process.  We can be in contact with anyone in a matter of seconds.

 

I can’t help but think that this is what Jesus is talking about in Revelation 3.

 

Revelation 3  17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.

 

The thing I love about the Lord is that He is full of grace—ready to forgive and redeem and restore and deliver…..but He is also honest and straight up.  He is, after all, perfect.  And He sent His Son to show us a different way to live—to call us into our destiny that we would not look back and that we would live out the call that He has placed over our lives.

 

So what are we to do with the condition of our communities as they currently exist?

 

Marijuana.  Suicide.  The breakdown of families.

 

Politics will not fix the situation that we live in.

 

Only God can fix it.  And I think that Jesus warns us in Revelation because we can do something about it…..and He tells us what to do about it in 2 Chronicles.

 

 

2 Chronicles 7 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 will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

 

As ugly as things can be—we have hope.  Because if we have God we have hope.

 

We can not fix our issues with new policies, or new political leaders, or new laws.  But we can fix our issues when God changes our hearts……..

 

We need to humble ourselves and realize that we can not change people….only God can change people.

 

So the next time you feel like going on a political rampage…..remember that you might only be worsening the problem…..

 

Humble yourself

Pray

Turn from your wicked ways

…..and He will hear from heaven…..and heal our land.

 

Father~

Have mercy on all of us.  Lord, forgive us for not being who you have called us to be.  Move on our land and move on our hearts.  Heal our land and give us hope….and a future.

 

 

 

In The Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J