August 10, 2013

  • "I will also let the house of Israel inquire of Me to do this for them" ~ Ezekiel 36:37-38

    Today's prayer is based on Ezekiel 36. I would encourage you to read the entire chapter. My focus is on the final section of the chapter, where we find the Lord God, the LORD - Jehovah Himself - setting before us the blessed privilege and calling we have as His people to be engaged in prayer for the reformation, revival, and increase of His Church. What a wondrous mystery to have the self-existent God, the I AM, the omnipotent, almighty God of all the universe, the God who sits enthroned in the heavens, the God by Whom and for Whom all things were created and hold together ... and yet our God lets the Bride of Christ inquire of Him so that the ruins and desolate places would be renewed, so fruitfulness would abound in His Church for the sake of His great name, so all the nations would know that He is the LORD!

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    Ezekiel 36 33 ‘Thus says the Lord God: “On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will also enable you to dwell in the cities, and the ruins shall be rebuilt. 34 The desolate land shall be tilled instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass by. 35 So they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden; and the wasted, desolate, and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’ 36 Then the nations which are left all around you shall know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted what was desolate. I, the Lord, have spoken it, and I will do it.”

    37 ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I will also let the house of Israel inquire of Me to do this for them: I will increase their men like a flock. 38 Like a flock offered as holy sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem on its feast days, so shall the ruined cities be filled with flocks of men. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.”’” (NKJV)

     

    O, Lord God, we praise and we thank You that You are a jealous God – that You are jealous for Your name and jealous for Your people. Holy Father, have pity upon Your children and send Your Holy Spirit to show us how desolate we really are. We confess we are too easily blinded to our true condition. We confess we are prone to apathy. Show us how we have profaned Your holy name among the nations. Show us these things that we might be stirred up to seek Your face, to seek Your presence, and to inquire of You to make us once again like the garden of Eden. Forgive us for not inquiring of You as we ought. Forgive us for showing contempt for the privilege of prayer You have granted to us. Forgive us for resorting to all other means except inquiring of You. Forgive us for profaning Your holy name among the nations, and cleanse us from all our iniquities for Your dear Son Jesus' sake.

    O, LORD, we plead with You to renew, refresh, and restore that which is wasted, desolate, and ruined, so it might be fortified and inhabited. We confess we have no power in and of ourselves to rebuild ruins and to till desolate land. We confess we have no power in and of ourselves to reform and revive ourselves, much less Your Church. You have already told us You would do these things, and yet You also tell us to come to You and ask these things of You. That is a marvel and a mystery. And so, based upon Your holy Word, we do come to You, O LORD. We come with fear and trembling, for You are a holy God and a consuming fire. And yet, we also come to You with boldness and assurance, for we come in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, our Great High Priest, for it is by Him, through His body and blood, we can approach the throne of grace to find mercy and grace in time of need.

    Lord of hosts, we desire that You increase our men like a flock for the sake of Your great name. We confess we have too often trusted in and resorted to earthly means, to our own abilities, and to worldly schemes. We now repent of that, and we turn away from and cast off and put no confidence in the flesh. We seek Your Holy Spirit to fall afresh upon us to equip us in the work of reformation in the Church. We seek Your Holy Spirit to fall afresh upon us to strengthen us to pray as we ought. We seek Your Holy Spirit to fall afresh upon us to empower us to be Jesus' witnesses. We come to Your mercy seat, and we avail ourselves today of the heavenly means You have provided to Your people – that of prayer.

    Lord God, may You and may Your holy name be hallowed in Your people before the eyes of the world. We long for the full flock of God to be gathered in, for there are many sheep from all the nations which Jesus, our Good Shepherd, still must bring. Our desire is that as the nations see Your people renewed, refreshed, and revived, as they see Your Church become like the garden of Eden, and as they see our congregations filled with flocks of men – that the nations all around us would know that You, the LORD, have done it, and they shall know that You are the LORD, to the praise of Your glorious grace! Lord God, do these things not for our sake, but for the sake of Your holy and great name! Amen.

     

    * Please add your PRAYERS below as the Holy Spirit leads you. *

     

     

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The phrase tent of meeting comes from Exodus 33:7: Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp.

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