2 Chron 7:14: “…if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” [NIV]
This is the prescription God gave to Solomon for those times of disobedience. Once He got the attention of the people with drought, locusts and plagues, God offered them the cure. Repent.
God is calling out to His people today, His beloved church, to take the cure He is offering for us. We, too, have a drought of God’s Spirit in our midst. We have allowed the world’s values to devour us and we are being consumed by a plague of sin and arrogance. God is offering us a cure. Repent.
If … then. Many times God simply works sovereignly, independent of anything except His own Holy Nature. But there are times when God works according to “If … then.” This is one of those times.
God’s Spirit is calling us to humble ourselves, pray, seek the face of our Father, and acknowledge as the Prodigal did … “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.” [Luke 15:18-19 NIV]
“If” we will do that, “then” God will welcome us as the Father did the prodigal. He will “hear from heaven and will forgive [our] sin and will heal.”
“If.”
