Zebra Ministries

Good morning Zebras,

I love you. Like many of you, I’m praying for all the disasters that have hit the world over the last few months. Some days If feels as if the world as we know it may cease to exist if God doesn’t stay His hand. 

2 Samuel 24:16 And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” 

I know some people say: “That’s great, let’s get on with this,” but there are so many people who have not responded to the Gospel.  Our life, will mean their death and I’m not ready to give up. I want more time to get the message out.  I want God to give His people another chance to choose Him and I want a revival.  Don’t you?

The Bible teaches we do not have the power to stay God’s hand.

Daniel 4:34–35   all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and He does according to His will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”

Nor, according to Job, the wisdom to question Him.

Job 38:1–3 Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind: “Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words? Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.

But it also teaches we have the right to pray and ask for anything we want. 

Philippians 4:6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

So this is how I’ve been praying:

Dear Heavenly Father, I love you so. Thank you that You are good and everything You do is good. Thank You that You are sovereign and in-control and nothing happens that You do not allow.  Lord, I know I have no right to tell You what to do with the people You created but please Heavenly Father on behalf of all the people who have not yet responded to the Gospel, and those of us who feel our work here is not yet done, please Heavenly Father, stay Your hand.  Do not destroy what you have created, not yet.  Give us another chance to be the people You created us to be and to finish the work You created us to do.  In the name of Jesus Christ, who died to reconcile the world to Himself, we pray.

And hopefully some of God’s people say “Amen.” 

Love,

Jill