† And The Lord Heard † For a majority of the people, many of them from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise than as prescribed. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “May the good LORD pardon everyone who sets his heart to seek God, the LORD, the God of his fathers, even though not according to the sanctuary’s rules of cleanness.” And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people. 2 Chronicles 30:17–20 ESV The people were now in sin, and in the past, many had died for less than this. They ate the passover unclean because they had not cleansed themselves as the law required. Hezekiah prayed for them and the Lord heard him, then healed the people. The prayer of one man that was living right, made the difference between life and death, between judgement or a pardon from God, for other people who were not. In Ezekiel 22:30 God sought a man to stand in the gap so that He would not have to destroy the land, but He found none. Abraham interceded with God in the case of Sodom and Gomorrah. The Lord agreed to spare the city if only ten righteous people were found in it, because Abraham asked Him (Gen 18:23). James said that there are times that we have not, because we do not ask (James 4:2). Never cease to pray for the lost. Though they may be so far away from the Lord, nothing is impossible for God. You may be the only one that is standing in the gap for that person. Your intercession may be the difference between judgement, or mercy. Your prayer today may be the one that God hears.
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