Prayer is often overlooked and under-emphasized in our church houses today. However, prayer from God's people is the means by which He moves. In Psalm 79:10, Asaph sends up a question to God. Even though this is a psalm, I also see this verse as a prayer. Asaph tells God about the situation (v. 1-8), asks God for his help (v. 9), and then tries to motivate God to move on his behalf (v. 10). Asaph says the end result will be praise unto God (v. 13). Do we spend time in prayer telling God about our situations, asking Him for help, and then petitioning Him to move? If we choose to pray like this, we will see God at work in our lives and we will end up praising Him as well. In Psalms 80:8-19, we read of Israel being compared to a vine. Asaph askes for this vine to be restored (v. 19) or to undergo revival (v. 18). It is important that we continue to ask God to revive our nation and to remember that Jesus is the true vine (John 15) that we need to abide in.
Even high accreditted biblical scholars disagree with interpretations regarding Romans 11. Some scholars view the church and Israel as one entity while others see the world operating in various dispensations with the church age being now and Israel's age to return once again after the church age. The important thing for us to understand is that whether we find ourselves to be a Jew or a Gentile, it is of the upmost importance to repent of our sins and place our faith in Christ in the life that we now live on earth.
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