We Have Not Sought the Favor of Our Lord

We have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquity and giving attention to [His] truth.

No truer words could be spoken on behalf of our own beloved Nation. I love this Country, but I fear for it because I fear God. He is Holy and we are not interested. He is Creator God, and we mass produce our own gods. He is Wise and we demonstrate our foolishness when we do not seek His favor.

“We have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquity and giving attention to His truth.” Daniel first voiced this brutal confession an old man praying in exile. His country had been desolated, and he had lived in deportation for nearly seventy years. Daniel remembered the dreadful days of his youth when God did not turn back His Holy wrath, but utterly destroyed Jerusalem, sparing only a scattered remnant like himself and his three friends. Daniel’s prayer is recorded in Daniel 9:1-19. Please read it prayerfully and make it your own.

Daniel’s confession contains both a warning and a way out. Seek after God’s favor America! Like Daniel, cry out for compassion lest we too taste the bitter cup of God’s Righteous judgment. "O my God, incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our supplications before You on account of any merits of our own, but on account of Your great compassion.”

Even in our sin God shows us His compassion. In the great warnings of Scripture we also find the way out. How can we seek the favor of God? He tells us, “by turning from [our] iniquity and giving attention to [God’s] truth.” Little Flock, this Sunday, July 5th, in honor of the Birthday of our Nation, we will give our “attention to the Lord God to seek {Him by} prayer and supplications…” Our focus will not be One Nation, but One Nation under God with [God honoring] liberty and [God honoring] justice for all. Come prepared to pray diligently for our Country. Pray after Daniel, "O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and take action! For Your own sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name."