Wed.’s Devo - Pray for Our Nation

Read: Jeremiah 18-22
If you have read the Harbinger or the Mystery of the Shemitah then you know what has be prophesied about September 13th and 9/11. It is our part to do what Jeremiah 18:7-8 says and turn from our evil. America has been a vessel that has sent the message of the Gospel around the world. We have blessed other nations with food and water and help in their time of need. We have done many good things but we have also done many evil things. We have turned from God and served our selves and other gods. We have killed our unborn sons and daughters and sold their remains. We have constructed images of other gods and looked for help in things other than God. We have fallen into the trap of fear and dread. We have tried to do what only God can do and thought he didn’t care. We are guilty but we can repent and turn and God can repent of what he has planned. Remember Jonah and Nineveh.
Jeremiah said that Jerusalem would be defiled as the place of Tophet which means “ place of spitting” because all the houses have burned incense from their roofs. When the priest, Pashur heard this, he took Jeremiah and put him in prison. Pashur means “liberation” which is ironic because when Pashur brought Jeremiah out of prison Jeremiah changed Pashur’s name to Magor-missabib which means “fear from round about”. So Jeremiah who was spiritually free could not be bound and Pashur who was named liberated was bound in his own fear.
Pusher had been one of the priests who was a false prophet and an enemy of the truth. I wonder how hard it was for him in chapter 21 to be sent by the king to Jeremiah and beg him to pray for the nation. Everything Jeremiah had said about the king of Babylon was coming to pass and they were panicking. It was too late. God was fighting with Babylon and the Chaldeans against them so they didn’t stand a chance. They had had their time to repent and didn’t do it. I pray it is not too late for America! But, Jeremiah did tell the people that they could still choose to live if they leave the city. God always has a plan of escape.
Lord, we repent for our nation of all its evil and for turning away from You. You founded this nation as an escape to those who wanted spiritual freedom and it has become a place of spiritual oppression. May we rise up and fight the spirits of darkness in the name of Jesus.