Lord, that You have trusted your will, Your plan, into the hands of humanity, I do not understand. For we are untrustworthy, and so unlikely to handle it properly. How long must You wait until we get it right? How long will our selfishness, our self-serving hearts, delay the completion of all You have desired? How long must You wait before we finally go unto all the world - until every man has heard and has been given the opportunity to choose You - until Your will is made complete?
Can twelve men change the course of the world, spread Your word so truly in so little time, and yet one billion cannot finish what twelve men started? How can that be? Do we not love You enough to do Your will? Do we not long to see Your triumphant return? Do we not hope to finally look upon You with our eyes as well as with our hearts - do we not hold the hope of eternity spent with You? What is it that roots us to the ground, that holds us where we are, keeping us from moving forward, going and doing?
Lord, You alone can get inside a man and get to the heart of a matter. In Jesus' mighty name, with all that is in me, I pray that You would get deep into the heart of every believer and break away and destroy the ties that hold us where we are. God, move in - invade - every heart that has been made available to You. Change the heart, transform it and bring healing, that the heart would drive the man. Lord, let Your people be truly Yours, and let us be driven by what drives You, and motivated by the eternal.
Father, find those who even now are ready and willing to do Your will, to sacrifice in the flesh for the sake of spiritual gain. Raise them up, God, according to Your will, and place them in positions of influence - not only over non-believers, but over believers as well. God, that a life lived out as an act of worship to You from a position of influence would impact others to also live their lives unto You.
Lord, raise us up, and bring us together, in unity, undivided, bound together in humility by bonds of genuine love for You and for each other. Let us move in one direction - Your direction. Let us act in one accord for the sole purpose of completing Your perfect plan. Let us come the end of our lives and be able to declare, as You did Jesus, 'It is Finished. I have completed all that the Father has laid before me.' Let Your kingdom come and Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Let us finish that which twelve men started two thousand years ago. Let it begin now. Let us not delay for any reason, but let us begin, so that through us, You may finish it. Amen.
I know that You can do all things, and that no thought or purpose of Yours can be restrained or thwarted. (Job 42:2)
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