When Israel’s God, our Father was near to put the
world into judgment, but before He commenced the dire assignment, He sought for
a man that would stand in the gap between Him and the land. However, the God
who see’s the heart of man was not able to find a man worthy of that position.
Currently Kenyans are torn between the presidential hopefuls that are sprouting
out promising good leadership, which they did not practice when they were
serving several ministerial positions. This
account was the same when the Lord our Father was sourcing for a leader. From the prophetic account of Ezekiel, it is
described the situation among leading men as well as among common people. Prophet
Ezekiel description in regard of the absence of that, which could have turned
the whole event in another direction, reveals the missing element in our common
political life.
In simple terms Kenyans lack directions on
appointing good governance. The results are catastrophic and the outcomes are
ethnical division, impunity and corruption which are buttoned by the
dictatorial form of governance. Kenya was once rated in the same class as Korea in development and
as a third world country due to lack of social and physical amenities to its
subjects. However, a few decades ago the most promising state succumbed into a
political mind game where only the elite succeed at the expense of the poor.
The poverty line continues to draw worries among the few concerned with this
nation welfare. Currently the government has failed to meet the requirement of governance
in mostly providing security, reduce inflation and social services.
“A nation not
rained upon in the day of indignation.” Because men, called prophets, men who
were set aside to hear from God had chosen to conspire and “like a roaring
lion, ravening the prey” devoured souls – for the sake of gathering the
precious things of the people to themselves, is a disastrous demand for luxury.
“A nation not rained upon in the day of
indignation.” Because the priests “made no distinction between the holy and the
common, neither have they caused men to discern between the unclean and the
clean” and the rulers of the nation “are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed
blood, and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain”.
God, on his way delivering the necessary judgment
upon the nation, sought for one man to enter the gap between the overwhelming
unrighteousness and the planned operation of judgment just before it was
finally set in motion. What kind of man was required for the work in the gap,
did one man suffice as to bridging the gap? One man had been enough – but one
man with certain qualities, one man after God’s own heart. One man according to
heavenly measure, according to priestly measure who will that one man be in
Kenya?
Which is easier – to run with wrath and judgment or
to stand in mercy? Which is easier for you and me – to look for a scape-goat to
blame or to enter an operation of reconciliation? Which is easier for us all –
to pass by in judgment or to bow in an attitude of mercy, to assist, help and
to give of ourselves? The necessary work to enter is one of standing in the gap
for the land – enter a corporate asking for forgiveness and to forgive
corporately.
What will happen when there is no man, no Church, in
the gap? What will happen if there is no intercessor to be found? What will
happen if no one cares to ask for mercy, for God’s mercy to be poured out like
rain on the defenceless, the poor and the needy, the widows and the orphans, in
the day of indignation? Judgment will come, it will be fierce, it will
comprehensive – if no man enters the gap, if no righteousness is to be found in
the gap.
God, on his way judging the nations seeks for men,
seeks for a corporate body, to stand in the gap for the land – for our nations.
Men in the gap, able to lay hold of the promises of God know His mercy. Men in
the gap are able to stand because of the fact that theirs are hearts after
God’s own heart. They know how to handle the ancient prayer “In wrath, remember
mercy”. They know mercy, because it has been written by the Holy Spirit in
their own inward parts. They know truth, because it can be found in their own
inner beings.
God, on his way judging the nations seeks for men to
stand in the gap – men who are able to cry out on behalf of the many who walk
in innocence. God, on his way judging the nations seeks for men to stand in the
gap – men who are able to cry out on behalf of those who are not so innocent.
God, on his way judging the nations seeks for men to stand in the gap – men who
are able to cry out, with hearts full of mercy, for the land – for our nations.
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Will there be men ready to take position in the gap
in Kenya?
