Praying for God to Heal our Land

When we don’t understand what God is doing or why, His ways can seem perplexing to us at times. Sometimes, the Lord’s goals and purposes are hidden from us until His plans come to fruition. We are in one of those times. So, we must know and acknowledge God is sovereign over all the earth and realize that in His sovereignty, He often uses what was meant for evil to turn it for the good. Also, to our dismay, He will even use those who do not know Him to accomplish some of His purposes on the earth. Deuteronomy 32:4 says, “The Rock, His work is perfect, for all His ways are justice.” HIS WORK IS PERFECT.

 

A Look at “They That Wait”

I’ve been studying Isaiah 40 for a Series called “They That Wait.”  WOW, what a wonderful study it is. While Israel was in Assyrian capitative, God begins to show them His Magnificence, Majesty and Might. Then He encourages His “captured people” to wait upon the Lord. The Hebrew picture here of “wait” is not necessarily about  time , but a picture of gathering yourself (mind , will, emotions) and tying (binding) all that you are to the hope and expectations of the Lord.  WOW! What a fresh revelation!

This goes along with Heb 6:17-20, “When God wanted to guarantee His promises, He gave His word, a rock-solid guarantee —   18 God can’t break His word. And because His word cannot change, the promise is likewise unchangeable. We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. 19 It’s an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God     THE MESSAGE