Stimulus Package for the Church

Over the past few days we have heard our President discuss the possible need for another stimulus package to help bring the nation out of the economic decline that we have confronted in the recent months and days.  There are many financial prognosticators who seem to agree with the assumptions of the President.  They also believe if we can take the appropriate financial steps our nation will finally recover from the economic tragedies of the past.  I for one certainly support the need for a full economic recovery for our nation but the previous stimulus packages have not brought the full recovery as of yet.  But we continue to seek for the appropriate answers to the economic questions that have become a part of our national landscape.  I will choose to allow the political pundits of our nation to argue and discuss the economic issues and decisions that we are facing.  There is already disagreement among the political parties of whether or not this additional stimulus package will bring added benefit to our economy.  I will continue to pray for our government leaders and ask God to give them wisdom, knowledge, and direction to do make the right decisions concerning the future of our nation.  We can no longer just talk about the Biblical mandate to pray for our leaders; WE MUST PRAY FOR THE LEADERS OF OUR NATION!

A few days while I was praying I felt the Holy Spirit remind me that the church (body of believers across this nation) is in need of a spiritual stimulus package.  This package will not come from the abilities and strategies of man rather this package will come from the direction of the Holy Spirit as the Word of God is applied appropriately to our lives.  Each of us have many ideas concerning the need of the local churches that we attend but each of these ideas are only speculative at the very best.  Now that does not mean that we do not mean well as we articulate those ideas but we must remember that we do not have the ability to know all things.  But we do have a resource available to us and that resource is the inspired, infallible Word of God.  The Spirit led me to a familiar passage to many of us when we reflect on the need for spiritual awakening in our nation.  The stimulus package passage is found in 2 Chronicles 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 I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land" (NKJV).  I sincerely believe that this passage contains the spiritual stimulus that we need to face and defeat the enemy of our souls which has come to overthrow our faith and in turn lead us away from our relationship with Jesus Christ.  We can truly trust this directive that is given to us from the Lord God Almighty.  Over the next few days I will take a look at this passage as the Lord directs my heart but let each one of us turn our hearts to God in sincere supplication and allow His presence to direct our steps.