PRAY AND VOTE
Today's reading: 2 Chronicles 29-32

"...For Hezekiah said, May the Lord, who is good, pardon those who decide to follow the Lord, the God of their ancestors, even though they are not properly cleansed for the ceremony. And the Lord listened to Hezekiah's prayer and healed the people." 2 Chronicles 30:18-20 NLT

Hezekiah was in the process of following God's lead in restoring the Temple and was about to conduct one of the great festivals required by God to be observed. The problem was, there were not enough purified priests, Levites, to do the duties needed.

So he prayed.

He admitted to the Lord that they were running short of good and godly men. He admitted to the sins of the people, determined in his heart to turn away from ungodliness and sought God's forgiveness.

God heard.

God's deep love healed them.

I see our country in this portion of Scripture.

We have sinned against God.

We have few, very few as evident in the current candidate options, godly men stepping up to direct our nation.

We can only find hope in God.

Christians, we have to let the population at large know we are here, we are sorry for where we've allowed this nation to go, we are praying for our country, we are deciding to live lives that will make a change in our country's downward spiral toward ungodliness.

We have to pray, pray hard...and we have to vote.

I believe God will hear our prayers and heal our people.