A Prayer About Restored Sanity
At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever. His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures from generation to generation. All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: “What have you done?” Daniel 4:34-35
Lord Jesus, it’s one of those seasons again when I need to be reminded of which kingdom and which King is actually in control of what feels like an out-of-control world. All the suicide bombings, all the covert attempts to develop nuclear weapons, and all the overt rhetoric of political evil and global domination… well, it’s all a recipe for fear-mongering, Bible-twisting and crazy-making.
Lord Jesus, it’s one of those seasons again when I need to be reminded of which kingdom and which King is actually in control of what feels like an out-of-control world. All the suicide bombings, all the covert attempts to develop nuclear weapons, and all the overt rhetoric of political evil and global domination… well, it’s all a recipe for fear-mongering, Bible-twisting and crazy-making.
But I refuse, I flat out refuse to capitulate to the earlier days when I used to allow the newscasters, pundits and prophecy-pirates to interpret world history for me. You are God, and there is no other god. You have spoken in your Word and you have not stuttered. You have no rivals, contingencies or concerns. There’s no sweat in your palms, vacancy in your eyes, or vexation in your heart. You set up kings and you sit them down at your discretion. You live forever, your dominion is eternal, your kingdom endures, and you do as you please…PERIOD!
Even as you brought King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to his theological and political senses, so keep me in gospel-sanity as you show me more and more of the occupied throne of heaven. Today, right now, I affirm, that you, Lord Jesus are already the King of kings and the Lord of lords. I’m not waiting for the day you will become the true King, for you are already reigning over all things at the right hand of God the Father. The government of all things is on your shoulders. Your kingdom of redemption and restoration is the only unshakable kingdom. Of the increase of your government and peace there will be no end, for you will reign forever and ever!
You are not more for America, or any other singular nation, than you are for all other nations. For you are the pan-national Savior and the pan-universe Lord. So I bow down, I humble myself, and honor you as my king, my sovereign, my Lord. And I raise my hands and heart in adoration of you, for though you are the true King, you have made me a part of your beloved Bride. What wondrous love is this, indeed, that you would conquer, capture and enrapture the dark nation of my heart? So very Amen, I pray, with astonishment and surrender.