This is a different kind of prayer. Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. ~2 Corinthians 3:15.
—Lord God, we were all once deceived and living blinded lives. You reached out Your hand and removed the veil covering our eyes so we could see Your Truth and decide for ourselves who we would follow into eternity. Many have chosen to follow You, but many, many more are fumbling about in the darkness, tripping over life and injuring themselves and others in the process. They are trying to get somewhere, though they really don't know where. They reach one so-called destination only to discover they are still unfulfilled, so they reach out their hands in the darkness for the next accomplishment, always doomed to that feeling of being incomplete, because fulfillment and completion come only in You.
If I reach back in my memory, I can remember that overwhelming fear that I would never be good enough, never be strong enough and even fearing sleep, because I might not wake up. Even at a very early age I was afraid of living and of dying. These were lies from Satan, wanting to keep me blinded, but I had parents, grandparents and Sunday school teachers praying for me. I remember well the night You set me free! I had been trying hard to figure out how salvation works for several years and one day You finally got through to me that it didn't matter whether I understood or not. The question was, did I want to be Your child and live with You forever, or die without You and spend eternity in Hell? I chose You and many fears vanished. The best was that I could sleep!
This is what I want for those still stumbling around in fear. I remember all too well Satan's deceitfulness. Whispers that lies would gain me acceptance, when all they did was make me look the fool, that I was cute on the outside, but had nothing desirable on the inside. That I was smart, so I had to figure out salvation before accepting it. So many lies!
Father God, do as You did for me! Remove the veil covering the eyes of the lost so they can see well enough to make an honest decision! Place on the hearts and minds of Your children the names of those You desire them to pray for specifically for salvation and grant us obedient hearts to follow through!
So many times we sit back in our comfy chairs taking for granted that You will just do Your thing as we do ours, but that is not how You have designed things to operate, which is why You gave us verses like I Timothy 2:1-6 telling us to pray, because You desire ALL people to know You and be saved!
I am asking this for all Your true children. Help us be obedient in Jesus' name, Amen.
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