Prayer of Dependence on God-7

Author: Lisa Groen

Category: Christian prayer aiming for true Christian growth

Gracious Heavenly Father, even though we sometimes have a lack of passion Lord, and struggle with apathy, you do not change. Your purposes remain constant and fixed as surely as you are All-Wise and All-Powerful Oh Lord! We know this is an important thing to pray about, but lack the know-how for exactly what to pray! We all sense mistakes have been made by our economic leadership, perhaps some bad choices may have been directed by your hand for a greater good still to come. Many in the US sense a cognitive decline in our President Oh Lord, and see him as the fragile leader of the free world. Lord, some of us are embarrassed by our stagnation in our corporate conscience towards the self-protection of our republic. We avoid confronting the obvious issues of decline we see in our president seemingly just waiting to see if someone will “do something” to snatch the US from the flames of an implosion coming from the effects of this “Emperor with no clothes”. We quietly worry that our lack of political sensibilities in the US could result in bringing us down several notches in protection on the world scene and reduce our self-sufficiency and defense capabilities to basically a laughing matter in the eyes of our enemies—if those things have not happened yet! Lord, I pray the US is not in such a state as was the nation of Israel in Habakkuk’s time who cried in 3:16 “I heard, and my inner parts trembled; At the sound, my lips quivered. Decay enters my bones, And in my place I tremble; Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress, for the people to arise who will attack us.” But whether there may be coming a time like this or not, may we still be as strong as Habakkuk in 3:17-19 as likened to one who instead of crying over the fig tree that has failed to blossom, is still praising God anyway. It reads, “¹⁷ Even if the fig tree does not blossom, And there is no fruit on the vines, If the yield of the olive fails, And the fields produce no food, Even if the flock disappears from the fold, And there are no cattle in the stalls, ¹⁸ Yet I will triumph in the Lord, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation. ¹⁹ The Lord God is my strength, And He has made my feet like deer’s feet, And has me walk on my high places.”

Lord, although the slump in the economy many say comes from our hefty sanctions on Russia, and our lack of fuel solutions from the fact that the Saudis who are our “ally” would not answer the telephone when the White House called to make deals about oil, the truth is some of our difficulties could be you lifting your hand of protection due to our sin in the United States. Please guide us in a country regarding our much needed repentance, and it’s many areas of needed repentance. Like Habakkuk may we still praise you and worship you. May we become worshippers who defy the enemy because we fix our eyes on Jesus, the Author of our hope, The Lord our God, our Maker. Amen

Keep on growing in the Word! LG