Make 2010 National Day of Prayer a Non-Stop Year of Prayer

Now is the time to heed God’s word to his people:

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. 2 Chronicles 7:14

God prefaced this statement by saying that when HE brings about disasters designed to bring us to our knees, he will respond to our genuine desire to repent and turn back to him. Don’t you think we've had enough reminders? How many more Katrinas, droughts, floods, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and plots by haters of this country do we need to wake us from our lethargy? All these things are events that we, as individuals, have no control over. But, as believers, we know that the Creator God does have control.

The recent flooding in and around Nashville has been described as an event that only happens every 500 to 1,000 years—a perfect storm! This happened in a city once described as “The Jerusalem of the South” because of its many churches, religious organizations, and schools. That seems appropriate to the scripture cited because those instructions were given to Solomon after he had finished building the temple in Jerusalem.

Most thinking people who are in any way knowledgeable about the history of the founding of this country would probably agree that we now stand on a precipice. If we march headlong down President Obama’s road away from the principles which established our country and its constitution, we will be like lemmings following their leader over a cliff. The waters we fall into will be those of a Godless, socialist welfare state that will take away our freedom and lead to the fate of all great powers who forgot their beginnings.

But we have hope! It is our God who has the power (and uses it) to establish governments and kings as well as the power to bring them down. We know what we, as his people, need to do. Let’s commit to earnest prayer for our country as we look forward to the November elections. Of course, we can’t stop there—it must be ongoing.

I began with scripture and will close with one that is dear to my heart:

He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8