“If My People”
GREETINGS FROM THE TEMPLE …
“If My 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 I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” – 2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV).
Raise your hands if you think this Scripture is about you. No! Then, why not you? This Scripture is about all of us. We all sin and we all need forgiveness. Our sins are different, but sin is sin – big or small – often and not quite so often – horrific and non-horrific. This is reason to pray and ask for forgiveness daily.
Our worldly nations have been going through a lot these past couple of years. It all seemed to start with the COVID pandemic. Truth, it started well before the pandemic. Racial inequity – bias – pride – hatred – harassment – homosexuality – murder. Yes, the ultimate sin, the taking of one’s life by another. As a human race, we have all become complacent in thinking that because something is done (accepted) by a majority it is okay to be done. (No, the majority does not rule in everything.)
Of the 7.9 billion people in the world, Roman Catholics number approximately 1.2 billion – Protestants number approximately 800 million – Orthodox Christians number 260 million – Other denominations number 2.8 million. Do you see where I’m going with this? Believers are the minority citizens of this world. So, what does this mean for Christians?
“… teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” – Matthew 28:20 (NIV)
Discipleship: following Christ; modeling and teaching Christians the precepts of the Bible – prayer – doctrine – Christian living – worship.
Participate in discipleship; bring others to Christ. Make it your personal mission to seek God first in all that you do. Live according to His Word. Live and breathe the Word of God, others will see the God in you and seek a relationship with Him as well. This must be the goal of every believer. Just think, if every believer brought at least one person to Christ, God’s people would have doubled in size. There would be twice as much worship – prayers – praises going up.
God will have twice as many people seeking Him – praying – turning from their wicked ways. This is what it really means to have: “Strength in numbers.”
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Solomon Temple Ministries International – Blogger – Othella Hill-Jordan