"If My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV)
It was at night that The Lord God appeared in a vision to King Solomon, the son of King David, and told him that He had heard his prayer. (2 Chronicles 7:12) He told Solomon that He would hear the prayers of His people, and He would forgive them of their sins, and He would bless them. But, He said that He would do this if they would first humble themselves, and pray to Him, and follow His commands, and turn from their wicked sinful ways.
We are all blessed in more ways than we can count. However, there are additional conditional blessing which we could receive if we would first satisfy the stipulations that The Lord has placed upon them. In this case the healing of the people, the nation, and the land, would not occur and the prayers for this would not be heard or answered. Personally, our individual and collective sins would not be forgiven unless we changed our behavior. As believers we are His people and He wants us to act more Christ-like. We need to be more humble when we approach Him, and when we deal with others. We need to sincerely pray many more times each day. We need to confess our sins, ask to be forgiven, and submit to and follow His Word. We also need to turn from our wicked sinful ways and stop repeatedly committing our favorite sinful bad habits. Then, and only then will He keep His promise to hear our prayers, forgive our sins, and heal us. Again, some blessings are conditional.
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