{"id":14073,"date":"2025-12-28T10:41:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T10:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=14073"},"modified":"2025-12-28T10:41:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T10:41:46","slug":"desperate-for-change-day-12-intercessors-for-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=14073","title":{"rendered":"Desperate for Change\u2014Day 12 – Intercessors for America"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Reading Time:<\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The following is an excerpt from our devotional series\u00a0<\/em>Desperate for Change.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.\u201d<\/em> \u2013Psalm 130:5<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t like to wait. There, I\u2019ve said it. It\u2019s a major fault, not a minor one. I\u2019ve gotten in more trouble from not waiting than from virtually anything else in my life. That\u2019s really sad when you consider how much in the Bible is written concerning the virtues and blessings that come from learning to wait upon the Lord.\n<\/p>\n

Have you taken your place on the wall?<\/h4>\n

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I wonder if the same thing is true for a nation. We seem to be a country that doesn\u2019t like to wait. We rush about, going somewhere, even if it\u2019s wrong. We are a busy, impatient people, trampling over one another to get ahead and succeed, whatever success means to you or me.\n<\/p>\n

What would it be like in a nation that has learned to wait upon the Lord? Perhaps we would pay less attention to the latest fad or news flash, and stay focused on the concern we heard about last week or last month. We would probably be a nation more interested in our history and in hearing stories from those who have lived some of that history. Stories of people who were making a real difference in life would take ascendance over the latest celebrity gossip or political scandal. We might even become a nation where contemplation isn\u2019t frowned upon as being old fashioned.\n<\/p>\n

Ultimately, a nation that has learned to wait upon the Lord is a nation that has renewed its hope. No longer rushing about in response to the latest poll or whim, there is a dependence upon the Word of God and eternal matters. A sense of the solid and the stable replaces the fleeting fancies of our current status. Hope is removed from being a campaign slogan to being a lifestyle that centers on the Word of God.\n<\/p>\n

Prayer Points<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • Ask the Lord to help you learn to wait on Him.<\/li>\n
  • Pray for the church in America to begin to model the stable life- style of waiting on the Lord.<\/li>\n
  • Pray for a movement of the Spirit that creates a dramatic cultural transformation in the United States, bringing about a nation that has learned to put its hope in the Word of God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    My Prayer<\/h3>\n

    Lord, it isn\u2019t easy to wait. There are so many things to do. Forgive me for not waiting on You and running ahead to do those things that seemed good to me. Teach Your church to be a good model of those who do not rush into every trend or fashion but who have learned to wait upon You. Lord, show us how waiting on You is not inactivity but an active lifestyle of drawing near and of keeping our eyes upon You. May You so transform Your church that it flows over into the life of this nation. Slow us down, Lord. Teach us to wait on You, so that Your purposes and plans might be lived out in America.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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    David Butts is the chairman of\u00a0America\u2019s National Prayer Committee\u00a0and the president of\u00a0Harvest Prayer Ministries. Photo Credit: PonyWang\/Getty Images Signature via Canva Teams.<\/em>
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