Heal Our Land!

His subjects, however, despised him and sent a delegation after him to announce, ‘We do not want this man to be our king.’ Luke 18:14

How sad that Jesus knew so many did not accept Him as their King. In spite of all that God had done for His people, they still did not want Him to reign over them. This is what happened when God ruled over Israel through a series of prophets: 

When the people said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased the prophet Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord. And the Lord told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is NOT YOU  they have rejected, but they have rejected ME as their king. As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.” (1 Samuel 8:6-9)

Today, people around the world reject God and prefer to make and follow their own rules. And even Christians say “I am against abortion, FOR ME”. We do not realize that our country’s choices affect us in very profound ways. In 2 Chronicles 7:14, God says, “If my people, which are called by my name, shall 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.”

Show us, O Lord, our individual and our corporate sins. Bring us back into Your divine favor and heal our land!