God Prevails – The Presidential Prayer Team

The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will. – Proverbs 21:1

Water takes the shape of whatever contains it. It is easily formed and gravity guides it with ease. That is how easy it is for the Lord to use leaders for His purpose. He used Pharoah to school both the Hebrews and the Egyptians about His glory.

You may not like a lot of what American officials are doing. Imagine yourself in the time of Moses when God’s people were Pharoah’s slaves. All through their deliverance and desert wanderings, they questioned whether they should follow Moses or return to Egypt under Pharoah. The Lord was in control of the whole event and desired to care for His people and have them worship Him, obey Him, and receive His love.

Today the world is a mess and likely to become messier as humanity continues to rebel against the Creator. God, who is in ultimate control, has put in place dynamics in which the prayers of His people affect the outcome. As the Israelites obeyed or disobeyed, it affected their relationship with the Lord and what happened to them as a group and individually.

Believers need to turn to the Lord, seek Him, love Him, and pray for His will to be done in the United States and all over the world. Pray for people during these troublesome times to repent and come to the Savior. Intercede for the safety of United States citizens as they travel to foreign countries. Ask the Lord to provide a way of escape for those being persecuted. Pray for the nation’s leaders to make wise choices concerning foreign policies. Trust that the Heavenly Father will provide for His people, including you and your loved ones.

Today’s Verse: Proverbs 21:1

The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
    he turns it wherever he will.

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Recommended for further reading: Exodus 14:1-14

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, ²“Tell the people of Israel to turn back and encamp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, in front of Baal-zephon; you shall encamp facing it, by the sea. ³For Pharaoh will say of the people of Israel, ‘They are wandering in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’ ⁴And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord.” And they did so.

⁵When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, the mind of Pharaoh and his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?” ⁶So he made ready his chariot and took his army with him, ⁷and took six hundred chosen chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them. ⁸And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the people of Israel while the people of Israel were going out defiantly. ⁹The Egyptians pursued them, all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and his horsemen and his army, and overtook them encamped at the sea, by Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.

¹⁰When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord. ¹¹They said to Moses, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us in bringing us out of Egypt? ¹²Is not this what we said to you in Egypt: ‘Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.” ¹³And Moses said to the people, “Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. ¹⁴The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”