DAY 6: God Needs Our Prayers

Ezekiel turning people to God.

Even though God's existence and character are completely independent of any created thing (see Acts 17:24, 25) and God already has all resources in His hands (see Job 41:11; Psalm 50:10-12), God needs our prayers:

"And I searched for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one. Thus I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; their way I have brought upon their heads," declares the Lord God (Ezekiel 22:30, 31).

The implications of these verses are staggering. God's holiness, integrity and uncompromising truth prevent Him from simply excusing sin. It must be judged. On the other hand, not only is He holy, but He is also love and His love always desires to redeem, to restore and to show mercy. Scripture tells us that God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked (see Ezekiel 33:11).