Warfare Wednesday: Earth Day Edition

"After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the LORD and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying:
"Give thanks to the LORD,
for his love endures forever." ²² As they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated." 2 Chronicles 20:21-22

This week as we pray for President Obama, we need to continue to pray for Godly wisdom and intervention. Last week at a speech, the President talked about the Sermon on the Mount. Specifically, he talked about the foolish man who built his house on the sand, and the wise man who built his house on the rock. Mr. Obama went on to say that if we want to improve our economy, we need to build upon a rock, and not back on the sinking sand... as soon as I read that, I thought about how we need to continue to pray for God to make His presence known to our President. May President Obama realize that the rock we need to build our economy on is the rock of our Lord Jesus Christ!

Let's also pray for the first daughters today, Malia and Sasha. Let us pray for their continued protection in everything that they do, and let us pray for them as they take on the responsibility of the family dog, Bo. May they take the challenge of caring for a pet head on, and may their family be blessed by the new addition to their family.

For our Earth Day edition of Warfare Wednesday, I thought it also appropriate that we take some time to pray for the very planet that we inhabit. God sure designed a beautiful place for us to live in. (Imagine how much more Heaven will be!) Every day as I look out my windows or spend time outside, I'm amazed at His Creation. Our Creator designed each and every piece just so. He designed the finches that are playing around my bird feeders as I type this. He designed the trees and the bushes to set their buds and leaves at just the right time, He designed the rain to fall just when it needs to to green the grass up and encourage the trees to blossom. He created a perfect place that provides us with everything we need. Yet we people do a terrible job of taking care of that which God has given us. May God give wisdom where wisdom is needed to better take care of this planet and the resources within.

"God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."

²⁹ Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. ³⁰ And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food." And it was so." Genesis 1:28-30