Having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. – Ephesians 4:25
Many today are faithfully praying that God would bless America! Fewer are likely asking that the nation would actively prepare to receive those gifts. Across time and history, God has blessed nations and people who have sought His favor by honoring Him in their laws and in their hearts.
Zechariah was a prophet to God’s people in ancient Israel. He was born while the nation was in captivity and was among those returning to Judah from Babylon around 538 BC. As the nation was physically rebuilding itself, Zechariah was concerned with its spiritual renovation as well. He was commissioned to assist the people in once again walking in covenant with a Holy God!
Zechariah reports the word of the Lord, saying, “Again have I purposed in these days to bring good to Jerusalem… These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace; do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for all these things I hate declare the LORD” (Zechariah 8:15-17).
Pray that the people of the United States would desire to cultivate a deepening walk with God and for His truth to reign in their lives and in the structure of this nation. Intercede for local and national decision-makers by name. Help America prepare to receive God’s blessing by being a nation standing in devotion to the truth of His Word.
Today’s Verse: Ephesians 4:25
Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Recommended for further reading: Psalm 144:11-55
Rescue me and deliver me
from the hand of foreigners,
whose mouths speak lies
and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
12 May our sons in their youth
be like plants full grown,
our daughters like corner pillars
cut for the structure of a palace;
13 may our granaries be full,
providing all kinds of produce;
may our sheep bring forth thousands
and ten thousands in our fields;
14 may our cattle be heavy with young,
suffering no mishap or failure in bearing;
may there be no cry of distress in our streets!
15 Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall!
Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
