Word Given: Kings
Praying for the Persecuted Church and Their Leaders
My time with the Lord did not begin with hearing a word; I have been spending early mornings more with prayer as I have been led to pray regarding the persecuted church, which I mentioned in the post called "Pray." Well, Father had mentioned in my prayer for them the word "kings" to me; it wasn't a lookup word, I felt He was directing me to pray for the kings, presidents, or basically the leadership of all these persecuted nations. I had made a page for the list of nations of persecuted churches and do have an unpublished post full of scripture given to me. I go to that in the mornings and pray using that page of scriptures. When I was done there, I went to the list of nations and, in reviewing that, was bothered by most countries having very few percentages of Christians. So I went back to AI and asked it to take that list and check when Christianity arrived in those nations and give me a new list with the dates, which AI did, so I updated the list.
Seeking Answers from the Lord
So seeing those numbers and the year AI first said Christianity arrived there, I went to the Lord, kinda crushed, and asked Him why these numbers were so low, being there that long. The Lord then gave me the word "prosper," scrolling; I knew with reading this was the verse He was referring to.
Jeremiah 10:21 (KJV) For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
The Lord then also brought other scriptures to me, but I knew those scriptures (all of them) and, as I always do, went and found them to post here. They were He said "I am shepherd," then "one shepherd," and "Lord harvest."
John 10:11 (KJV) I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
John 10:14 (KJV) I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
John 10:16 (KJV) And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
Matthew 9:38 (KJV) Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Reflection on Spiritual Leaders
So for me, and my relationship with the Lord, how I took all He said was what happened to pastors and that what was lost was the revelation of Jesus. His words and focus being given to Jesus was not being done. It makes me wonder if they even prayed for the persecutors that Jesus said to pray for:
Matthew 5:44 (KJV) But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
He was also telling me to pray for them and the harvest as there were not the tools for Christians back then; they didn't have the word of God as we do. Heck, I don't even know if it exists in the languages of these people and countries now. Therefore, the weight of how and what they are taught becomes a big issue, relying on the pastor as mentioned in the first verse given to me. I can't do anything about that other than to pray that God meet their needs as Yeshua (Jesus) said: Father knows their needs before they ask. Well, I can pray that the Lord meet their needs and do. So this is my time with the Lord today.
I pray you had a blessed time with the Lord also.