Calling All Christians

I am so proud to be in a town where the mayor will declare a day to pray for rain. We live in a drought and fire stricken land. There is nothing we can do about it but turn to God and I am glad our leader realizes this is where our source of help is found. As I read in 2 Chronicles 7:13-22, I see that it is up to us, those who follow Christ and have faith already, who need to not only pray but humble ourselves before God, seek Him, pray and repent. God requires more of us than simply asking in prayer. From 2 Chron 7:

¹³ “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, ¹⁴ if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. ¹⁵ Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

It doesn't get more plain than that. He is a holy God who deserves our whole hearted devotion. There is no denying in light of the drought, fires & storms tearing across the US, not to mention the earthquakes and all kinds of devastation around the world, that this is a wake up call from the one true and living God.