Father, I wonder if You see in my country what You saw in the rebellion and idolatry of Israel and Judah.
The list You make certainly seems familiar. Of Israel You said she treated parents with contempt, oppressed and mistreated the defenseless, despised what is holy and desecrated the Sabbath, liars, murderers, idolaters, lewd, lustful, immoral, kill for bribes, extort unjust gain, commit robbery; all while forgetting You. This list looks like the television line up for today’s entertainment!
Your judgment will be just on my country too.
But one thing was missing from Israel. “You looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before You in the gap on behalf of the land so You would not have to destroy it, but You found no one.”
Father, I believe many today hear the call to build up the wall around our country. It has been torn down by our sin and our turning from You. But many are praying for the revival and healing of our country. We cry out, distressed over the idolatry, over the evil that has taken root here.
We see that what is evil has been called good, and that our leaders and role models have fallen and led us away from You. Father, I am grieved that my generation has exalted self over You. And that we have allowed our freedoms to warp our sense of right and wrong.
Father, I pray for Your mercy and for Your healing. Let Your light overcome the darkness that is covering this land.
I stand in the gap of the broken wall as a guard, sounding the alarm; that the time is late. And the people need to awaken to the truth. Your Truth. And turn away from the evil that entices us.
Father, You have made a way for each person to be reconciled to You. Sacrifices do not need to be made daily in a temple any longer. You made the perfect sacrifice, once, for all.
Father, let those of us who pray for our country be enough. See us, and do not destroy. Let our fate be different from that of Israel. Let there be spiritual revival in my country and in its people! Amen
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