PROCLAMATION
“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
I will forgive their sins and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV)
EXPLANATION
EXPLANATION
The third and fourth chapters of Second Chronicles gives the
details regarding the structure and adornments of the temple of God which
Solomon built. The fifth chapter
describes the arc of the covenant and its position within the temple. The sixth chapter records the blessings which
King Solomon pronounced upon the people of Israel. The seventh chapter presents his prayer of
dedication for the temple and God’s answer to his prayer. (2 Chronicles 3:1 to
7:22) This is a more detailed account of
the information which is presented in the sixth, the eighth, and the ninth
chapter of The Bible Book of First Kings.
When The Lord God appeared to Solomon, He told him that if the people
would humble themselves, pray, seek His face, and turn from their wicked ways,
that He would forgive their sins. He
also said that He would hear all of the prayers that were offered up in the
temple (2 Chronicles 7:13-15) Then He
told Solomon what he had to do in order to receive his conditional blessings,
and the price that would be paid for not doing it. (2 Chronicles 7:17-22)
APPLICATION
We receive a lot of blessing from The Lord God, many more than we can count, and all of them are more than we deserve. However, we still ask Him for things, and we want Him to bless us with what we want. The problem is that we don’t want to do the things which He has asked us to do. There are some blessings which are conditional blessings. These blessings will only be received when we fulfill the specified condition which is required of us. They can be referred to as “If … then …” blessings. There are several conditional blessings presented in The Bible. Here, The Lord God said, “If My people … shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven ...” (2 Chronicles 7:14) We have been blessed and God has more blessings in store for us if we will just do as He says.
We receive a lot of blessing from The Lord God, many more than we can count, and all of them are more than we deserve. However, we still ask Him for things, and we want Him to bless us with what we want. The problem is that we don’t want to do the things which He has asked us to do. There are some blessings which are conditional blessings. These blessings will only be received when we fulfill the specified condition which is required of us. They can be referred to as “If … then …” blessings. There are several conditional blessings presented in The Bible. Here, The Lord God said, “If My people … shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven ...” (2 Chronicles 7:14) We have been blessed and God has more blessings in store for us if we will just do as He says.
Humble, Pray, Seek, and Turn! In that order! Then I Will. Amen 🙏🏽 🙌🏽
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