This morning for prayer we read different Psalms and prayed the Scripture together. It is good just to push pause and pray the Word. So today I want to pull a verse out of Psalm 106:15. It reads, “So he gave them what they had asked for, but sent a wasting disease upon them.” The King James says, “…but sent leanness into their soul.”
The Israelites would have amnesia set in from time to time. They would forget that God had a plan and was to be trusted. They would complain and disobey. Then they would come back to their right mind only to do as they pleased. There was a book written in 1959 by David Head called, “He Sent Leanness.” It dealt with this particular verse. In it there is a chapter, in tongue in cheek tone, that talks about how our requests must sound to God at times. Here’s a sample from the section titled, “Private Prayers Before Public Worship”: “Lord, give us all a nice feeling this morning. May thy special blessing be with those who will be active in this service while the rest of us sit still and listen. We pray that we may enjoy the preliminaries, and that the sermon may give us all a glow. I know I have offended at least two people this week with my quick temper, but please do not let the thought of that intrude upon this spiritual feast. Praise God. Amen.” We have to be careful what we ask for, don’t we? If our prayers for revival are from the church to continue the way it’s always been for a faith that makes no demands, we could easily make God angry just like the Israelites did. It would hardly be to our advantage if he said yes to our request by giving us precisely what we wanted – and sent us leanness of soul. Let’s not only pray for revival, let’s be willing to do what it takes for revival to overcome our hearts and actions. Wouldn’t it be good if revival started in Findlay, Ohio and moved across the Nation? I’m in, how about you? Joy in Jesus! Pastor Mike
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Rev. Mike McClurgSenior Pastor, Findlay First Church of the Nazarene Archives
March 2020
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