The Four Steps to National Restoration
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;
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.
—2
Chronicles 7:13-14 KJV
For
God to heal our land we must do four things:
1.
Humble ourselves
2.
Pray
3.
Seek the Lord’s face
4.
Turn from our wicked ways.
In
return, God in His righteous order of things will do three things:
1.
He will hear us
2.
He will forgive our sin
3.
He will heal our land.
Our
duty is to first of all to humble ourselves. After humiliation, we are to pray.
Next, we are to seek the face of God (FMM’s Focus: Matthew 6:33). Finally, and
perhaps the hardest of all, we must turn from our wicked ways—we must put into
practice our faith, not just wish for it.
In
return for following and turning to God instead of to our own intellect, political
leaders, false ideas, or the Enemy’s doctrines, God declares that He will hear
our prayers. And when He hears, He will forgive our sin and will heal our land!
