A Prayer For Action

Though our iniquities testify against us,
act, O LORD, for your name’s sake;
for our backslidings are many;
we have sinned against you.
  -- Jeremiah 14:7

Oh, here we go again, another wanna-be preacher calling us to the door knocking thing. Nope, this call to action by way of prayer came from the prophet Jeremiah to the Lord God. And with three lines of sin confession to one request for action, Jeremiah admits that it isn't for anything righteous he or his people have done. Our calls to the Lord for His action must be of similar format since we are by no means any more deserving than Judah was back in Jeremiah's day. While we are quite proficient in prayers for the Lord's action, perhaps we have come up a wee bit short on the confession parts? Let us confess our sin to the Lord, and then we can enjoy the mercy of Christ Jesus and live!

Bucky