“I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for [the sake of] the land, that I would not destroy it, but I found no one [not even one]” (Ezekiel 22:30, AMP).
Some days I get discouraged. I love to build others up, but it is not always my role. The cares of the world press down on my heart. I feel like hiding away from it all.
What can one simple woman like me do? Can I even influence the people closest in my life? How much less the many hurting and troubled people, each made in the image of God, filling the planet with hurts and struggles.
I can’t begin to make a difference.
Or can I?
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Turn my despair to prayer.
Be anxious for nothing, my Bible reminds me. I have the power of prayer. All of these things that press on my heart can become points of hope and light when I pray.
Teach me to pray, I implore my patient God. I know I should, but it feels like nothing changes. Help me to walk by faith, not sight.
Up there in Heaven is a bowl full of incense. It is the prayers of the saints, precious to Christ.
Every single prayer matters to Him.
He calls me to stand in the gap.
He constantly stands in the gap
for me.
Hope is renewed through prayer.
It is true. God hears our prayers. I feel called to pray more and more.
Pray in our circumstances. Thank you for showing us how to overcome dispair.
I can relate.
Thanks for sharing.