Thursday, September 27, 2012

Opening Day


Tomorrow is the big day.  It feels like opening day of the Baseball season.  A new feeling is in the air.  "Could this be the year?" We wonder.  Our team will take the field and play for the pennant of the Kingdom of God.  Certainly we train constantly for this but at certain times new seasons come upon us and we are ready.

Perhaps you are like me.  I get a little out of shape in the off season.  I don't remember to pray for our nation every day as I should.  I can forget that the opposing team is not flesh and blood but  "the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places." Ephesians 6:12.   In many ways the whole world is looking at the US election this season and see the worldly impact but we are concerned with the Spiritual impact.  We are not playing defense. We are playing offense not to be offensive but to appeal to the God of our Lord Jesus for mercy and to revive the hearts and minds of the people of our country.

Can you hear the cheers of the crowds of the universe watching?  We are opening a new season in the history of our country and even in our own lives.  We are opening it with fasting and a fresh new time of prayer, of seeking God for the hearts and minds of people that He loves.   40 days til the election begins tomorrow.  Will you join us in prayer every day and in some form of fasting?