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Cry To God

Day 210

Reading: Lamentations 1:1 - Lamentations 2:22

Jeremiah was sent to warn his generation of impending disaster. His generation didn't heed his call to return to God. Today we find ourselves in such similar times. Many today are not heeding the call to worship the One True God Jehovah.  We find that Jeremiah wrote a second book and its aptly named Lamentations. These were his cries for the salvation of his people. The Book of Lamentations begins with Jeremiah weeping about the fallen state of the city of God. 

Many today are not burdened for their generation. We live in a me, myself and I world and we must be careful that we don't view life through this spectacles. Jeremiah lived for God's purposes only and as we saw in Jeremiah it had consequences that were painful. Reading through the Book of Jeremiah I was struck by how much Jeremiah must have been a man of prayer. Burdened to lift his nation before God. Is it any wonder that he received such prophetic words. 

Are you burdened for your nation or are your prayer points only for you and your family. God is looking for a person or people who will cry to Him about their nations, cities, generations not just family or personal ones. Remember God promises that those who pray for the well being of Jerusalem they shall prosper Psalms 122:6. How much more should we pray for our nations or where you find yourself that you may prosper? God directed the children of Israel who were carried away captive in Babylon to seek the well being of the city that they may have peace Jeremiah 29:7. One of the reasons we're not seeing God move in our cities is because we have become too focused on our issues and forgotten about the nature of God's Kingdom. God's Kingdom is not about just me, it's about a people and that includes that neighbour in the city who needs your prayers to meet with God.

I urge you to include praying for your city, nation, the government in your daily communion with God. This will release God's flow of wealth to you. In times where we need God's protection, it's in the place of prayer that angels are released to protect us as we seek God. Nehemiah travelling from one place to Jerusalem saw the hand of God after prayer and fasting was made. Learn to pray for your nation. Don't just lament about the issues facing our governments and nations. Only God's power can change the land. 

Memory Verse: Lamentations 2:19

Decree:

Lamentations 2:19
“Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift your hands toward Him for the life of your young children, who faint from hunger at the head of every street.” (italics mine)
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