Dear Daughter of God,
As we look at what’s going on around us in our nation and the world, I know it can feel like so much is out of our hands. BUT, we have to remember whose hands it IS in. The hands of God.
“In his hand are the depths of the earth’ the heights of the mountains are his also. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.” Psalm 95:4-5
And though we are citizens of heaven (Phil. 3:20) and seated in heavenly places with Christ (Eph. 2:6), we have been commissioned strategically for our assignment here, to bring forth the Kingdom of God. God chose you to be here on this earth, “…for such a time as this.” (Esther 4:14). There is another part of Esther 4:14 that we don’t always hear quoted though, it is – “For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place…”
It can be easy to feel like we don’t have a significant place of influence, like we don’t have an avenue to make change, but we DO! Apostle Paul says in Ephesians 6, that we are to put on the whole armor of God to withstand in the evil day, and to PRAY AT ALL TIMES. Numerous moves of God were started by intercessors and prayer warriors who would not give up. God is sovereign over all (1 Chronicles 16:31), but he wants us to PARTNER with him. He doesn’t just want to do things FOR us, he wants to do things THROUGH us.
So Daughter of God, you may feel like you have no influence, no place of action. But you do. God gave you a voice that can be heard by the most important audience – HIM! Don’t just assume that the “relief and deliverance” of God’s people will arise from somewhere else. YOU were called to pray “for such a time as this“!
- To the mother of the infant child, up at all hours of night – use those hours you are up to PRAY!
- To the busy mother of a family, with chores and laundry never ending – as you go throughout your day doing chores and caring for your family – PRAY!
- To the single woman who is finding her place in this world – PRAY!
- To the working mother who feels like you never have enough time – turn off social media and take your lunch break to PRAY!
- To the student who feels like you have no place of influence, you do! As you walk through your campus – PRAY!
- To the empty nester and grandmothers who don’t have children in home anymore – PRAY!
We know that when we pray in accordance to his will, things CHANGE!
“And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.” 1 John 5:14-15
Daughter of God, you do have influence, you have influence over the creator of the heavens and the earth. And you ARE heard. You are heard by the great “I AM”. You are making a difference, when we of God humble themselves before God, he will hear from heaven and he will heal our land! (2 Chronicles 7:14).
