God Can Heal the Gulf
"The people of Judah came together to seek help from the Lord; indeed, they came from every town in Judah to seek him."
-- 2 Chronicles 20:4
So what do you think President Obama should do about the Gulf Oil Crisis? Come on now. Everyone has an opinion. We can all tell you what he should have done or needs to do. We can point fingers at the Coast Guard and BP. Some of it may even be justified.
I find it interesting to listen to all the ideas. Some are downright bizarre. Please, please do NOT put beeswax in the Gulf. Even if there was enough beeswax, which is doubtful. Some ideas work to battle the oil but cause more trouble for marine life. It's not always so easy to make right decisions.
But we want action and we want it now! Well, there is something we can do. We can follow the example set out in the Bible. We can come together and pray. We can set aside a time of prayer for the Gulf. We can ask for His healing touch.
It's so much easier to point fingers than to get down on our knees. It's more difficult to come together and jointly seek His help. We don't always like the other people we need to pray with. We worry we'll offend someone who has different beliefs. We don't want to, gulp, embarrass ourselves by being the first to suggest a prayer time for the Gulf. So time passes and the crisis worsens and we worry that the Gulf will ever heal at all.
"If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us." -- 2 Chronicles 20:9
I really don't need to say anything else. God has said it all. The rest is up to us.
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