Waiting for our prayers
Jehohaz prayed for the
Lord's help, and the Lord heard his prayer. The Lord could see how terribly the
king of Aram was oppressing Israel. So the Lord raised up a deliverer to rescue
the Israelites from the tyranny of the Arameans. Then Israel lived in safety
again as they had in former days.
2 Kings 13:4-5 NLT
Prayer is weakness leaning on omnipotence.
W. S. Bowden
A God who rescues
Jehoahaz, king of
Israel, lived an evil life. He committed all the sins of Jeroboam and continued
leading the nation into the sin of idolatry. So the Lord turned the people of
Israel over to be oppressed by the Arameans. But even though Jehoahaz had been
a failure and disobedient to God as a king, when he sought the Lord's help, God
heard. And seeing the terrible oppression Israel was living under, he
intervened. He raised up a deliverer and savior (a foreshadowing of Christ),
one who rescued them from tyranny, and Israel once again lived in safety and
peace.
If God will do this for
an evil king and an idolatrous nation when they call out to him, how much more
will he hear and respond to the prayers of his children, who are reconciled to
him because of the sacrifice of our savior, Jesus.
LORD, I thank you that
your ear is open to the cry of your children and that you will act on our
behalf. With that knowledge, we don't ever have to hesitate to cry out to you
for your help and intervention in our lives. What a wonderful Father you are!
Adapted from The One Year® Book of Praying through the Bible
by Cheri Fuller, Tyndale House Publishers (2003), entry for June 28.
Digging Deeper: read the new release of The Gates of Zion by Bodie and Brock Thoene
(Tyndale, 2006), the first of The Zion Chronicles novels based on events
surrounding Israel's statehood in 1948.
Content is derived
from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation and other publications of Tyndale
Publishing House
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