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Today's meditation
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Thoughts and prayers
Micah 3:9-4:5: In days to come the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established as the highest of Lord from Jerusalem…[The peoples] shall beat their swords into plowshares…nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more; but they shall all sit under their own vines…and no one shall make them afraid; for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.
I have been praying fervently, like millions of others, for people in the paths of the hurricanes. Seeing the devastation and the suffering, I wonder about the purpose and meaning of those prayers. Are those prayers ineffectual because the world still has not turned toward God?
Micah promised on God’s behalf that “the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest of the mountains.” He said that then that “nation shall not lift up sword against nation,” and God’s sovereignty would mean that “no one shall make them afraid.” I know that we cannot find such peace until “the nations” choose God over earthly power, but what about now?
God is sovereign now, so why do we struggle so hard to survive and thrive? If our collective prayers do not have power to change things, what are we doing in prayer? I now believe that in prayer we invite God to transform us into loving human beings who put thoughts of others at the forefront. Prayer hasn’t changed the effects of the storms.
But it can change me.
Psalms 140, 142; Acts 24:24-25:12; Luke 8:1-15
Copyright 2024 by Carol Mead. For noncommercial use and sharing only. For more information on this ministry, and on a free subscription to these meditations, please contact the author by email (thenewmead@yahoo.com).
I have been praying fervently, like millions of others, for people in the paths of the hurricanes. Seeing the devastation and the suffering, I wonder about the purpose and meaning of those prayers. Are those prayers ineffectual because the world still has not turned toward God?
Micah promised on God’s behalf that “the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest of the mountains.” He said that then that “nation shall not lift up sword against nation,” and God’s sovereignty would mean that “no one shall make them afraid.” I know that we cannot find such peace until “the nations” choose God over earthly power, but what about now?
God is sovereign now, so why do we struggle so hard to survive and thrive? If our collective prayers do not have power to change things, what are we doing in prayer? I now believe that in prayer we invite God to transform us into loving human beings who put thoughts of others at the forefront. Prayer hasn’t changed the effects of the storms.
But it can change me.
Psalms 140, 142; Acts 24:24-25:12; Luke 8:1-15
Copyright 2024 by Carol Mead. For noncommercial use and sharing only. For more information on this ministry, and on a free subscription to these meditations, please contact the author by email (thenewmead@yahoo.com).