standing in the gap
So I
sought for one among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before me
on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.
Ezekiel 22.30 NKJV
When the Lord planned to destroy
Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 18.24), Abraham stood in the gap and asked God if he
would destroy it if there were fifty righteous there. God said he would not. Then Abraham asked what if there were
forty-five, forty, thirty, twenty, ten and then stopped. It appears that God would have kept going as
long as he had someone to intercede. Abraham
was the one that stopped at ten.
God seeks intercessors that will pray for the nation, and for each other. If you have someone who is lost, do not stop praying for them. Remember also to pray for the nation that we live in. We live here, and if it prospers, we prosper. Jer 29.7
If you know the Lord today, chances are that someone has stood in the gap for you already. Now your prayer could be the one thing that changes everything for someone else. God seeks those that will stand in the gap.
The Daily Word of Hope Devotional
Refreshing
Hope Ministries – Pastor Dion Todd
www.refreshinghope.org
