Stand in the Gap

Today I read Ezekiel 22:27-24:9 and 1 Peter 1:15-2:10. My favorite verses are:

Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

1 Peter 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

God is looking for men and women who will stand in the gap for the United States of America. If he finds none, we may go the way of the people of Israel and Judah who were carried into captivity into foreign lands. Their homeland was turned over to foreigners except for a remnant of Jews left behind. God’s children in America need to take this seriously. He wants us to be offering up spiritual sacrifices to Him in the name of His Son Jesus Christ. Then He can use us as living stones to build a house or wall to fill the gap. If we, as a nation, continue to move further and further away from God, there will be consequences. And it is only those who are Christians who can stop the decay by standing up boldly in the name of Jesus so that when God is seeking a man to fill the gap, He will see us.