PRAYER JOURNAL 4/30/19
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 I will hear from Heaven, and will
forgive their sin and heal their land.
This is a much quoted verse and one of my favorites, so it
was not surprising that God spoke this verse to my spirit as I prayed earnestly
for situations. And then He began to
break it down…
THE ANSWER WILL
CHANGE A SITUATION ONLY WHEN APPLIED CORRECTLY AND IN ITS ENTIRETY.
IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE
CALLED BY MY NAME…Many people wear the label “Christian” much the same
way they wear the label Nike or carry a Gucci purse or drive a BMW; it
impresses your friends, makes you feel better but in the end it doesn’t make
you more important; it just puts you deeper in debt. You apply My Name in some areas but not in
all you say or do. You use My Name when
it is convenient and even sometimes in inconvenient moments. You are NOT
CALLED BY MY NAME; I am just a tool to be used when nothing else will work
or a label to be displayed in socially correct situations.
WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES
AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE…You say your prayers…sometimes a quick prayer
before meals, at other times, you remember to say a few words as you drive to
work; you bow your head with the congregation every Sunday and at times even
kneel before me for a moment.
BUT… there is no humbleness; no seeking My
Face. You approach Me in arrogance,
expecting Me to be honored that you have stopped by and knocked on My door just
to say hello. You bring Me your plan
with full instructions looking for affirmation.
You don’t really want to know My Will or My thoughts because they may
disrupt your plans; they may ask the difficult things.
AND TURN FROM THEIR
WICKED WAYS…Ahh, here is the crux of the matter; you love your sins; you
are comfortable with your sins. The preaching
of the Gospel has become more palatable; more relevant and you have embraced
the easiness.
If you want to “RECEIVE
ME,” you don’t have to even come to the front; just repeat a prayer with
the congregation and you are good. There
is no Godly Sorrow; no Repentance; no turning from your Wicked Ways…that is no
longer necessary. No need to go further;
no need to seek for My Spirit…after all that is an automatic bonus when you “receive” Jesus.
And you wonder why you are weak; why there is no power; why
you can’t overcome; why you cannot hear from Heaven; why things remain the
same.
THE END RESULT
DEPENDS ON YOUR OBEDIENCE TO THE “IF.”
Read it again, slowly with understanding before you find a
place of repentance…then I will hear; then I will forgive; then I will heal.
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 I will hear from Heaven, and will
forgive their sin and heal their land.
