March 21, 2025
Praise:
In Shabbat's prophetic portion, we read of the connection between God doing His will on earth and Him wanting intercessors to ask Him to do it. In Ezekiel 36, a most vital chapter to understand why God is restoring Israel today, he states what He will sovereignly do about 20 times, yet at the end of this chapter He adds this:
Thus says Lord YHWH; I will be asked by the house of Israel, to do this [that which He has said in this chapter] for them…
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Lord God, we praise You to read that You wait on prayer before You fulfill Your will as that is not something we would have dared to consider if You had not revealed it to us (Jer. 33:3; Amos 3:7).
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Thank You that this process is exactly why Messiah Yeshua taught us to pray for Your kingdom to come on earth like it is already settled in eternity (Matt. 6:10; Luke 11:2).
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Abba, thank You that in Messiah Yeshua gentiles are grafted into Israel's cultivated olive tree (Rom. 11:24a) and thus, as part of the house of Israel, they can also ask for this to be done (1 John 5:14-15)!
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We bless You for reading once again in this prophetic portion that when You have spoken a thing we can be confident that it will come to pass (Ezek. 35:36; cp. Num. 23:19).
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