Shan Dai Advocacy

Joel

March 23, 2007 on 1:01 pm | In His First Bible, Old Testament, PrayerGrams |

In the days of the prophet Joel, an invasion of locusts left the people without crops or water. They felt true hunger like many of us will never know. Even now, people throughout the world, including many of the Shan Dai, rely upon the food of the harvest and the money earned from it, to buy their daily bread—or in their case—rice. God’s plan was not to leave His people devastated but to allow them to hear His truth, repent and be restored to the Lord who is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. When we hunger after God’s love and His truth, we are satisfied at a level that mere food can never bring. Joel’s message includes a promise that is just as precious and relevant in these days as it was years ago: “… everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved…” (Joel 2:32). Short, to the point, and what every man, woman and child needed then and still needs today: salvation in the name of the Lord. We pray today for Shan Dai people—those in need and those who have plenty. God, we ask for Your plan for satisfaction and message of hope to be shared with all. May Shan Dai people call upon Your strong name to be saved. Jesus, we thank You that there is no other name under heaven that we need to call out to; You are all we need. Whether the rice crop is abundant or lacking, we pray for the Shan Dai to hunger after You.