Luke 13:31-35 - Pray for Revival
I own a DVD set that is the book of Matthew dramatized, but is word for word in the NIV version. When Jesus laments over Jerusalem and says he would have liked to gather its children under his wings like a mother hen, he is on the verge of tears. That's how I've always read this, that Christ was mourning their lost state. In 1987, I was studying an old testament passage (wish I'd written down which one) in which the prophet was weeping over his country. I had to ask myself, "Do we ever weep?". Please join me in praying for revival in our own hearts that will spill over to those around us and begin revival of God's people in our nation and an awakening that brings many to repentance.
DO WE EVER WEEP?
Karen Sue Hale
February 10, 1987
Do we ever weep
for the nation that is falling,
for the children who are calling,
the teenagers now crying?
And some of them are dying
to find someone who cares enough
to tell them the word “no”.
Do we ever, ever weep
for morality that’s crumbled?
Do we have a heart that’s humbled?
On our knees are we now praying;
or are those only words we’re saying,
thinking someone else will care enough
to follow God and go?
Will we sit and watch
while our world turns from the Father?
Are we too lazy to be bothered?
Wait for someone else to tell them
’cause we don’t think we can “sell” them
on the only One who cared enough
to die, His love to show.
Will we stay content
as church time only Christians?
Never have a sense of mission
for the people out there crying,
for our nation literally dying
for someone just to tell them
there’s a Savior they can know?
Oh, I hope that we’ll rise up
from our knees where we’ve been praying,
listening to the words God’s saying,
marching forth that we might serve Him
(keep in mind we don’t deserve Him);
and we’ll share His plan with others as we go.
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