In His hands

Note: I've written for my personal diary, but I've decided to share it here. Written this late at night, so sorry if the writing is a bit clumsy at places. Might come back and polish it up. 

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Felt so so so convicted that i have not been praying for the nation. Here i am wanting change, advocating change, calling for change - but I have not spent time in repentance and prayer, going on my knees in supplication for God to establish His rule and kingdom over this nation.

Lord Jesus. I pray for Your will and sovereignty to be established in this land. I trust that Your justice will be fulfilled - even if it does not come during my lifetime, or even in this earth's lifetime.

I was praying to God about Malaysia. And I don't know. I do not think that I have the gift of prophecy, so I don't know what is God's plan for Malaysia, I don't know what is Malaysia's fate. Will we free ourselves from the bondage of corruption and racial chaos? Will we free ourselves from the fetters of gospel hindrance?

I don't know.

But I'm praying. I'm praying first of all, that all Malaysians will be humbled. That all Malaysian Christians will humble themselves, get on their knees and pray to God. (2 Chro 7:14). And that all Malaysians will turn from wanting to abuse and exploit the system, will turn away from inciting hatred and disharmony, will turn away from indifference and apathy. Will turn away from not only corruption, but also silent participation and compliance to the very same corruption.

I pray for repentance.

But I don't know what will happen to Malaysia. Times are uncertain - but that is life. I was reading Jeremiah 51, and I kept trying to extrapolate a meaning from it - are we like Babylon? Will judgment be visited upon us? Or are we Israel? Upon whom God's favour rests?

But the thing is. That is not how the text is to be applied in these current circumstances. What Jeremiah 51 tells us is not regarding ourselves, but regarding God. It's not a "prophecy" or a statement about what God's plan for our country is, but rather it points us to the character of God. God is a just and holy God, a sovereign God. And whether or not, change will truly come to Malaysia this time round, we can rest assured that God's plan will prevail. We shall fight for justice, for social cohesion, for harmony, for an efficient and people-serving government. But ultimately, this is all in God's hand. And in His hand I trust.