2nd Chronicles 7:13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
Individuals in our day who, like Joab might cover up sexual misconduct, or who may feel pressured to do so, in other to retain favor with this or that person, are in grave danger of being lost eternally, if there is not a change of heart and practice. It calls upon us all to take a good, hard look at the following statement, in the context of the here and now, and on a personal and national level.
[Education pp 57] The greatest want of the world is the want of men, men who will not be bought or sold, men who in their inmost souls are true and honest, men who do not fear to call sin by its right name, men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole, men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.
We therefore end with a passage of Scripture that will help us to understand the grave nature of sin in all of its varied forms and we are reminded that God is now calling us all, on both a personal and national level to repent…. 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2nd Chronicles 7:15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!