Sunday 30th October 2011
I have been praying with passion and determination for the salvation of my friends and family over the past few months. Sometimes this has been extremely distressing for me because I have been desperately expecting my prayers to be answered immediately.
So, you can imagine my surprise this morning when my email devotional was about the very topic that has been causing me so much distress and frustration over the past few months. The scripture was taken from Psalm 83 and it was a prayer to God for those who do not know Him. The writer stresses that we should stop trying to do God’s job for Him but that it is only through prayer that God will do what humans cannot do.
It made me realise that whilst I have been so passionate about spreading the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord, I have also been trying to do what no human can do and that is save the souls of our fellow humans. The advice given is simply to continue to pray for those around us and by spending time in prayer, lamenting, God our Father, who hears our prayers is the only One who can save.
Psalm 83: 18 is the suggested scripture that is used as a prayer to help those who do not yet know Jesus as Saviour and Lord:
18 Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD - that you alone are the Most High over all the earth, supreme over all the earth.
God bless.
