GOD HAS A BIG HEART
In my post about what is happening in Canada, one reader commented that I should keep my eyes in my own back yard. I think it is important to line up all our thoughts with God’s Word, don’t you? What is God’s heart about this matter?God doesn’t want us to keep our eyes and actions only in our back yard. Of course, this is where we live as mothers. But we can reach out in prayer and certain actions to other nations of the world.
God’s heart yearns over the nations. Psalm 66:7 says: “He ruleth by his power for ever; His eyes behold the nations: Let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.” His eyes behold the nations and what is going on. If we have God’s heart, we will be doing the same thing.
In the Messianic psalm of Psalm 2:8 God speaks to His Son: “Ask of me and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE EARTH for thy possession.” We can also pray this prayer because this is the heart of Jesus.
Psalm 22 is another Messianic psalm of Christ and verse 27 states: “ALL THE ENDS OF THE WORLD shall remember and turn unto the LORD and ALL THE KINGDREDS OF THE NATIONS shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the LORD’S and he is the GOVERNOR AMONG THE NATIONS.”
Psalm 72:8: “He shall have dominion also from sea to sea.” If we are one of God’s children, we will have the same heart and vision that He has for the nations. We will want to see His rule for righteousness across the whole world. We believe in Proverbs 14:34: “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.“ And therefore we can’t keep our nose in our own back yard.
We must have a big heart for the nations. Families, hidden away in their homes, can become world-changing families as they watch over the nations in prayer. And of course, you can’t pray without doing something!
What were the words of Jesus to the early church? First of all, He gave the great commission:
Matthew 28:18-20: “Go ye therefore, and teach ALL NATIONS, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
And then He reminded them again in Acts 1:8: “Ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all the Judea, and in Samaria, and unto THE UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH.”
We see this truth right throughout the Bible. Even back in tabernacle days. The brazen altar where they conducted the daily sacrifices had four horns on the altar, speaking of the four corners of the earth. God’s salvation is to go out to the four corners of the earth.
We study the golden altar of incense, and we see that it also had four horns, once again representing the four corners of the earth. You will know that the altar of incense speaks of prayer and intercession going up to God.
He wants our prayers to go up to Him, not only for ourselves and our own families, but to the four corners of the earth.
God has a big heart, and He wants us to have a big hearts too. He wants us to be interceding for the nations of the world.
Be blessed,
Nancy Campbell
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