I want to run out with my Incense and stop this thing right now! Incense in the Bible is a symbol for prayer because the smoke from the incense smells good and rises up to heaven. In this Old Testament passage it recounts a time when the Israelites were disrespecting their leader Moses and not trusting God. There were uprisings, and then .. a plague. Aaron ran out with a censer filled with incense and a coal from the holy altar to clear the air and purify the people. Numbers 16:46 " And Moses said to Aaron, “Quick, take an incense burner and place burning coals on it from the altar. Lay incense on it, and carry it out among the people to purify them and make them right with the Lord. The Lord’s anger is blazing against them—the plague has already begun.” Aaron did as Moses told him and ran out among the people. The plague had already begun to strike down the people, but Aaron burned the incense and purified the people. He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague stopped." I think about how often God doesn't intervene until people have learned what He was trying to teach them, or repented and turned back to Him. I hope our nation and our world are learning and turning. But even if they don't, I hope God will hear and smell the prayers of his people and miraculously stop the spread of this pandemic! Will you join me in prayer for God to do something miraculous? God, you are in control here, and you are bringing about your purposes. I pray that you will use this pandemic to bring people know you better, that somehow you will use it for good. We ask that you reach down and do a miracle for the world that they cannot explain, that they will KNOW is something only You could have done. Please stop this disease from spreading and kill this nasty virus God. Help your people to grow closer together as we reach out to those in need around us. Show us how to be helpers, Hear our prayer, save us Oh God, from this virus, and from the repercussions of all of the bad decisions that are being made in response to it! We trust You. We are in your hand! -Deborah King |
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