March 6 - Then

“…then…” (2 Chronicles 7:14)

Then? Yes, just then. We are camping out on just this one word today in our 31 days of preparation for battle because it is such a pivotal word.

2 Chronicles 7:14 is an “If, then” proposition. If we will, then He will. But the opposite is also true. If we will not, then He will not. If we, His people, will not humble ourselves, pray, seek His face, and turn from our wicked ways, then He will not heal our land.

Do not be deceived. God will not be mocked. He says we will reap what we sow (Galatians 6:7). Just one honest look at our country clearly shows that we, His people, have sown poorly. We are called to turn from our wicked ways. We truly believe it is His plan to heal our land. But if some of us refuse to turn, God may expose us for the white-washed-outside, filthy-inside hypocrites we are.

Judgment starts with us, the household of God (1 Peter 4:17). This is serious business. Let’s voluntarily choose to come to repentance now and avoid the public scandal and tarnishing of His name (as if our current waywardness or wickedness is not already tarnishing His name). What fools we “wise-in-our-own-eyes” hypocrites can be!

Let’s humbly come before our Great Physician and submit our hearts to open heart surgery. Let’s allow Him to examine every chamber, shining His light of truth into every little nook and cranny, so we can be fully restored and healed. Only then will He heal our land.

Today’s Action:

Let’s read Proverbs 6 together, allowing the light of His teachings and the correction of His instruction guide us in the way of life.

“For the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light; reproofs of instruction are the way of life. Can a man take fire to his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be seared?

(Proverbs 6:23; 27-28)