Desire Him

2 Chronicles 7:11-15

 Thus Solomon finished the house of the Lord and the king’s house; and Solomon successfully accomplished all that came into his heart to make in the house of the Lord and in his own house.¹² Then the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. ¹³ When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, ¹⁴ if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. ¹⁵ Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place.

Many of us are called, but few of us are chosen.  God has a desire and plan to prosper us.  He would be a liar if He didn't.  God even said, that since He could swear by no other He'd swear by Himself.  If we would all take our minds and hearts to God, establish our dreams and desires off of His word, we would all be successful.  At that time our world would be operating in peace, joy, and love throughout all establishments.  Verse 12 says, "Then the Lord appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him:  'I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice.'"  First and foremost our prayers must be righteous and not selfish.  God intends for all to be saved, and all of us to be working a ministry that will give Him praise.  The harvest is plenty, but the laborers few.  There's work  to be done in our lands today, as there was thousands of years ago.  Verse 13 states, when He shuts up the heavens so that there is no rain, or commands the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among His people, we must humble ourselves.  Our world is out of control, diseases, earthquakes, storms, fires and floods are crushing us.  We brothers and sisters walk our streets in fear of each other.  Every type of crime that's imaginable our children are trying to come up with just to stay alive.  It's madness.  God says in verse 14, If my people who are called by my name, will humble themselves and turn from their wicked ways, then we will hear from heaven, and He will forgive us our sin and heal our lands.  Money has taken our minds into another universe.  Pride, envy, and strife with ourselves and each other is consuming us.  So God is our only answer and we should want Him to be.  Desire Him. 

Blessings to all who desire God to expand their world,

Vincent Young, Christian Analyst