Shan Dai Advocacy

Ezra

March 23, 2007 on 12:57 pm | In His First Bible, Old Testament, PrayerGrams |

Ezra was a leader with the hand of God upon him. In a mighty way, he led the Israelites in the Babylonian captivity back to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple, but even more importantly, he led them back to God. Strong in prayer and in biblical knowledge, Ezra was a faithful servant-leader who applied prayer and God’s teaching to effectively change the political situation, economy, community and family life of the people in his day. With a proclaimed fast to humble themselves, Ezra petitioned God to protect their journey rather than relying on the king and all the king’s men. Ezra was so bold as to tell the king, “Our God’s hand of protection is on all who worship him, but his fierce anger rages against those who abandon him” (Ezra 8:22). Scripture says that God heard and answered Ezra’s prayer. Under God-filled leaders, society thrives. And when people turn away from the Lord just the opposite happens. After all, why were God’s people in captivity in the first place? Lord, we pray for the Shan Dai nation to thrive under Your leadership. The need is great for godly Shan Dai leaders, those who like Ezra make a positive contribution to society. We pray today for these leaders to be equipped with the vision, the resources and the momentum to reach all Shan Dai people (and beyond) with the Good News of the Kingdom of God. In upcoming days, and weeks, as you pray for those in leadership over you, please also petition God for the Christian leaders among the Dai. And may God answer our prayers.