What Haiti Needs the Most
(Featuring the Sensational Nightingales Singing "Come Ye Disconsolate")
September 20, 2010
"...The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." (James 5:16)
"The greatest thing anyone can do for God and man is pray."
--S.D. Gordon
"The greatest thing anyone can do for God and man is pray."
--S.D. Gordon
All of our hearts have been blessed by the outpouring of love, shown through the giving of money, food, water, medical care and time, to the people of Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that struck the tiny country on January 12. My family and I have been a part of that and I am sure many of you have been as well.
But, friend of mine, there are still some things that only God can do in a situation like that which the people of Haiti are in right now. That is why prayer is the one thing that Haiti needs the most right now. Through prayer, we ask God to come in to a situation and do with it as only He can. The people of God all over the world need to fervently pray for Haiti and its people right now and for years to come. And the people of God in Haiti need to pray for themselves as well.
Have you ever heard a dear saint pray the following: "Lord, please do what only You can do"? Well, there are some things that only God can do. And there are some things that need to be done in Haiti that only God can do. The Haitian people have needs that only God can meet. There are things that need to be fixed that only God can fix. There are people who need to be healed that only God can heal.
Have you ever sung or heard the hymn, "Come, Ye Disconsolate Wherever Ye Languish"? The words of that hymn aptly describe where the people of Haiti are right now. Below are the words of this blessed song, and nobody can sing it like the Sensational Nightingales, so I included an audio of them singing it below. May it bless your heart.
Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish,
Come to the mercy seat, fervently kneel.
Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish;
Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.
Joy of the desolate, light of the straying,
Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure!
Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying,
"Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot cure."
Here see the Bread of Life, see waters flowing
Forth from the throne of God, pure from above.
Come to the feast of love; come, ever knowing
Earth has no sorrow but heaven can remove.
How can we more specifically and fervently pray for the people of Haiti? Here are a few ways that I would suggest:
- Pray for the salvation of those who may be religious but lost.
- Pray that God would give the Haitian people healing in their minds and in their spirits.
- Pray that where there needs to be repentance from sin, God would lead them to repentance.
- Pray that new families would be created out of families that have been torn apart.
- Pray that the thousands who are not getting help and healing through human hands would get help through divine means.
May the Lord bless you and yours as you pray for the Haitian people during this time, for as S.D. Gordon said, "The greatest thing anyone can do for God and man is pray."
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this is so true. lets keep on praying for the haitian people and ourselves