December 8, 2025

IF…

2 Chronicles 7:14

if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will be merciful to their sins and heal their land.

Command with a Promise

Context: Solomon has just finished building the tabernacle for God as he had promised years before and is asking for God’s blessing on the tabernacle and the land. This is part of God’s response. The command for His people is that they humble themselves , pray, and seek His face, as they turn from their wicked ways. The promise is that He will hear from heaven, be merciful to their sins, and heal their land. This still applies to us, His followers, today. If we are not willing to do what He asks, then He is not obligated to fulfill the promise. There are far too many people, organizations, and churches proclaiming that God will fulfill this promise when all they are doing is legislating change or proclaiming their positions, but not exercising their need to humble themselves, pray in that humility, seek God’s face and not that of earthly leaders, and turn from their wicked ways, which includes oppressing the poor, arresting and deporting the foreigner, hating their neighbor, and so many more attrocities. Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy