Wednesday, January 21, 2015
TEXT: DANIEL 9:1-3
Key Verse: “And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes” (Daniel 9:3).
God had continued to show Daniel what would transpire towards the close of the age. In the first year of Darius, king over the Chaldeans, Daniel’s eyes were opened to understand that the prophecy of Prophet Jeremiah that the children of Israel would spend 70 years in captivity in Babylon before returning to Jerusalem was almost completely fulfilled. That gave him a serious concern so much that he decided to seek the face of God in prayer and supplications with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.
The Christian’s journey is a constant warfare. There is no rest for a Christian soldier. Daniel was always burdened by the plight of Israel and never ceased to pray and fast for their well-being. He led a life of supplication on their behalf, always standing in the gap for God to have mercy.
In our days, our countries have been sold to sin and the devil. A lot of unbelievable things take place under our very eyes, yet we remain unmoved! Some believers rationalise the clear signs of the end as just part of changes in society. Do we pray for our countries, leaders and fellow citizens of our nations? Do we supplicate for fellow believers who are daily undergoing persecutions across the world? Do we pray for the souls of people who have given themselves up to be used of the devil to do all manner of evil things in society? Except God’s people pray, the society will continue to decay and workers of iniquity will continue to gain the upper hand.
Daniel’s life is a challenge to every genuine child of God to be concerned about events around them. Daniel was following events and relating such events to what the Scripture says. We must be alive to happenings around us and be able to relate them to the Scripture. It is by so doing that we shall be conscious of heaven.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: ACTS 15 - 17
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Soldiers of Christ must not be found sleeping on guard.
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