2 Chronicles 7:14
"If my people, on whom my name is called, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and will heal their land."
Today I want to dedicate this message to the Venezuelan Christian people because of the historical moment that our country is experiencing, the product of the most ferocious and unprecedented crisis that Venezuelan history has ever experienced.
We have political, social, economic, moral crisis, but above all a crisis of values that has had a fierce impact on Venezuelan society
While it is true that as human beings we have been called to freedom, I want to express that freedom comes from God, I want to remember that Jesus Christ in the work of the cross gave us the right to be free
Well, we have a very sad event and as a Christian people, we have a role to play
Let's see the example of Paul and Silas when they were imprisoned, the Bible says in Acts 16: 16-40 that they sang, prayed, worshiped and praised God, and Jehovah God worked wonders to manifest his glory
I think it is not the time of lamentations, nor of predictions, much less of performances that are not Biblical, it is time to remain as a Christian people with God
God called us to be free and his word argues in the book of John 8:36 "so, if the son will free you, you will be truly free"
We have freedom and we are free in any scenario, because Jesus made us free.
It is not easy what the Venezuelan people live, it is not easy for what we are going through, but there is hope in the middle of this nightmare
¿What is the role that corresponds to the Christian in this case that we Venezuelans are living?
The role of the Christian in this crisis is "to be the conservative mineral" that is the salt, that is to say: to be "salt" of the earth, to be "salt" of veneziuela " to be" salt "of those who today do not know God to be "Salt" from your friends be "salt" from the neighbor be "salt" from the enemy.
Dear brothers, I remind you that salt is not contaminated, it serves to conserve, salt seasones, composes what is damaged. For this reason the Lord Jesus Christ compared us with salt, salt can not vanish, we have to remain salting, we can not decay
I also want to reflect on the "light of the world," Jesus said. "You are the light of the world, a city set on a hill can not be hidden" (Matthew 5:14)
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we can not hide our role, we can not hide our responsibility, we can not stop shining
We suffer and feel powerless before this reality? - If possible, it is not easy with what we face every day, but we still believe that we have a hope
The text that I have taken as a reflection to introduce this message speaks directly to a people and is to the Christian people, this verse is not for the world is for all those who have Jesus in their hearts
Let's see:
"if my people shall humble themselves, upon whom my name is called", the humble person sees himself from the perspective of his relationship with the almighty God. A truly humble individual, considers others above him because this attitude allows him to consider himself from a better perspective. The humble person also appreciates what he receives from the Lord and does not take pride in his success or prosperity.
The people of God need to humble themselves and recognize their mistakes
Certainly this is the best known and most beloved verse of 2 chronicles, we know it by heart and we pronounce it a thousand times, but what about the context? - this verse, possibly more than any other of the writing, exposes the requirements for may Israel receive the blessings of God. It must have a special significance for its original recipients, who had verified the truthfulness of what God communicated to Solomon. A double requirement and a triple result is offered to the people chosen by God (on whom my name is invoked). If my people will be humiliated (turning their backs on sin) and seek my face in prayer, the Lord will listen, forgive, and heal. God accomplishes his sovereign purposes in concert with the prayers of his children
If this becomes a reality in the life of God's people, God will heal our earth
Do we want Venezuela to be healed or restored? - humble yourself, pray, seek the face of God, let's turn from our evil ways -Where do you think relief will come from? - God comes from Venezuela - relief comes from God, but we are praying How does the word of God urge us?
The people of God can not be divided and ignore this promise, it is God's command to heal our land that is sick, and wounded.
Should we pray for those who govern our nation? - I believe that it is our duty as Christians, whether we like it or not, because it is established by the word of God in the book of 1 Timothy 2: 1-3. "I urge, first of all, that prayers, prayers, petitions and thanksgivings be made for all men;
For the kings and for all who are in eminence, so that we may live quietly and peacefully in all piety and honesty
Because this is good and pleasing before God our savior. "
Beloved church we are living prophetic times in all the nations of the earth, and the people of God are unnoticed, we must be alert and seek the face of God, today's time should not distract us in things that do not build, the enemy has always wanted to have the people asleep so as not to discern the times in which we must necessarily unite in a single voice, in a single word and in a single spirit
Remember that before pleasing men, we have to please God, and if God said it is this way, it will be so, because against such things there is no law
¡Venezuela needs us, we are its salt, we are its light!
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