Psalm 2:8,  ‘Ask of Me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron, And dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.’

DAILY READING Romans 15:14-33; 1 Samuel 29-31; Psalm 71

Though John Knox was often imprisoned for his faith, and  under constant threat of persecution, yet through prayer he brought reformation to the church in Scotland, and changed the course of history for that nation.

John Knox’s ministry of preaching and prayer were so well known that Mary, Queen of Scots, whose government had persecuted Knox, is reported to have said, “I fear the prayers of John Knox more than all the assembled armies of Europe.”  John Knox wanted the nation of Scotland to come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.  At this time the church in Scotland was in a sorry state.  The nation was steeped in doctrinal and ecclesiastical compromise. John Knox would often cry out to God “Give me Scotland, or I die.”  He prayed fervently for his nation, believing God for a change of situation. However, Mary, Queen of Scots who was a Roman Catholic, saw Knox’s prayer for reformation as a threat to the throne of Scotland. John Knox preached and prayed to the end that God would rescue Scotland. And by the time he died in 1572, his prayers had been answered; Scotland had been transformed and the Scottish Parliament had adopted the Reformation doctrines. 

  Chronicles 7:14 says ‘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.’

Indeed there is power in prayer. God will heal our land when we arise and stand in the gap for our nation. Mark 11:24 tells us ‘What things so ever you desire when you pray believe that you receive them and you shall have them’

 This is the promise of God. Whatsoever you desire is an open cheque. It means  it doesn’t matter how impossible things may presently look in any nation, as long as the believers there will take up the spiritual responsibility to pray, God is committed to answer.

In Psalm 2:8, God says ‘Ask of Me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron, And dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.’

God has put the destiny of nations in our hands. The nations are there for the asking. God is calling us to partner with Him through prayer so that things can be positively changed and His will be done in the earth. As we rise up in this season to spiritually contend for the heritage which God has given us,  much will happen in our nation, above all we could ask or expect. Indeed prayer changes things and affects the course of history. And the key to effectiveness is persistence. John Knox did not just pray one day for Scotland and stopped, He prayed until his answer came, and so can we.  Let us therefore continue to push in prayer until something happens. As believers we must arise with one voice in prayer to enforce the establishment of God’s will and to positively rewrite our  history. 

 PRAYER: Lord, please  give me the grace to persevere in the place of prayer until my answer comes, help me not to grow weary but to persist until I see my desired result in Jesus Name. . 

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Until you cry out in the place of prayer certain things won’t happen

– WORDBITE 222.