Seize the Moment – Day 1254
Pray for God’s Chosen People!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, August 23.
Today’s psalm is a call to prayer. Psalm 122:6 commands, “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.” While the church may be God’s focus during this time of Pentecost – the pouring out of the Spirit upon the church for the proclamation of the gospel, it is important to realize that once the church is raptured, God’s focus will be on fulfilling His covenant with Israel. We must not forsake our sacred responsibility to pray for the peace of Jerusalem; it’s impossible for God to lie, and He will not break His covenant promises with Israel.
Psalm 122:6-9 calls us to pray for Jerusalem, and I invite you to do so with your whole heart, but not just for Jerusalem, pray for the church throughout the world:
“May they prosper who love you. May peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.” For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will now say, “May peace be within you.” For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good.
We are to pray for the fulness of God’s will to be completed in His time and according to His plan. Paul made it clear in Romans 11:17-24 that the church has been grafted into the people of God. God is not done with Israel, who has only temporarily lost the privilege of heralding the good news of God, but God’s desire is that “all Israel will be saved” (11:25-28). Never look down upon God’s chosen people, for while there has been a partial hardening of their hearts, God’s plan will come about in His time (11:25-36).
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 122, meditating on the promises of God for all His people – “Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!” (Romans 11:33).
God bless you!
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