September 22, 2016 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

You’re No Good To God

Got Humility? Got Answers!

Do you know that without humility God will not hear your prayer or heal your land? 2 Chronicles 7:14 says, “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”

God is always looking for that humble person who is indeed broken (contrite) and seeking God’s will in every situation. The part of the Lord’s Prayer guides us to say, “Thy will be done, thy Kingdom come.” What do you mean God? I can’t decide on what is good or right without you? No, we can’t! We need His help. As Jesus said before being crucified, “Not my will but your will (the Father’s will) be done.”

We indeed have power to create our destiny and make decisions, but are any of our best plans ever as good a God’s perfect will for our lives? Academia tells us we can decide our own destiny, that we can be smart enough to ‘think things through’ without help. I was amazed to discover the depth of ignorance when I was a professor, not among students but among the facility. There is often little humility among the educated elite—what a tragedy.

The Bible says, God laughs at us when we think we can fix things on our own. One would think that Jesus could get things done on His own. Why not, He is the Son of God. But the Bible says, He humbled himself and would often go up into the mountain to be alone and pray. Wow, what a novel thought?

To humble oneself (to allow God to show us His way) and then to pray while in that position of humility, it is that which ignites the answer to your prayers. I wonder how many prays God would answer if we humbled ourselves before and during our prayers and requests to God?

The real problem with pride is that it is full of sin, and sin in any situation is always outside the will of God. Only in humility can we find God’s will and answers to our prayers.

A good example of this is the upcoming national election in November. I stated this in my August 8th article:

Can you set aside your political persuasion? Can you resist allowing the news media to decide who should be in power? Can you honestly pray with humility, passion and determination for God to give us the person(s) He wants in office?

I do not care about what the surveys or poles say. I do not care about the impressions that media gives me regarding a candidate. I do not care how my party tells me to vote. I care only about what God wants; not what advantage I can have if a certain candidate wins. It’s time that you pray—not what you want but what God desires. It’s my prayers for God’s direction not our votes that should determine an election. Be bold, be courageous—let God lead America.

It is time to temper all that we pray for with these words, “God’s will be done” and with the attitude, “not what we want or think should be done.” I am not sure most Christians can do this. If we do not, then what will take place over the next 8 to 10 years will be worse than tragic. Have you ever been part of God’s unforgiving judgment? Well, you will, if you do not pray out of humility for only God’s will to be done.

May I remind you, you are no good to God if you cannot set aside your will and desires for God’s will and His healing of our nation. Be bold in being humble and broken for our nation’s people and pray only that God has His way and puts in place leaders that He chooses. Humility and God’s will—you cannot have one without the other.

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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