A New Day, A New Prayer: Daily Reflections

FRIDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER 2024

TEXT: 2 Chronicles 15:2-14

2. He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, an all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you, while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will you.

3. For a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;

4. but when in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.

5. In those times it was not safe for anyone to go or come, for great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands.

6. They were broken in pieces, nation against nation and city against city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress.

7. But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.

8. When Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns that he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim. He repaired the altar of the Lord that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the Lord.

9. He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were residing as aliens with them, for great numbers had deserted to him from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

10. They were gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteen year of the reign of Asa.

11. They sacrificed to the Lord on that day, from the booty that they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

12. They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and with all their soul.

13. Whoever would bot seek the Lord, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

14. They took an oath to the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns.

(New Revised Standard Version Holy Bible)

TOPIC: REVIVAL IS POSSIBLE

In today’s text, we are given the assurance that God is always involved in any true revival.

So, for revival to break forth, people should lend their ears to God and listen to His instructions which come as a result of our intimacy with Him.

This is because God is with us whenever we are with Him and seek Him with all our hearts. But if we forsake God, He will forsake and reject us (see verses 3-6).

Revival comes when each person turns away from sin, evil and all detestable things and idols and invites God into their lives.

QUESTION: Are you ready for revival?

PRAYER: Dear Lord, let Your revival come. I have made myself ready by renouncing all of my evil ways and committed myself to living for You alone, in Jesus name. Amen.