When I say I will pray fervently for someone or for some issues, am I really putting my heart and my all in seeking Him for guidance? Or am I simply ranting and whining in a lukewarm manner through my prayers, demanding for prayers to be answered? Have I been self-righteous, or have I humbled and identified myself as a sinner who has been saved by grace through faith? Do I truly trust Him as a God who keeps His promises, or have I made requests littered with seeds of doubts in my heart?
Daniel's prayer seem to intensify in the the last few verses from Chapter 9, and these verses seem to encapsulate the entire prayer. From them, I could really sense Daniel pouring his soul out to the Lord, expressing his anxieties, his fears and urgency for forgiveness and deliverance.
Daniel 9: 17-19 (ESV)
17 Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord, make your face to shine upon your sanctuary, which is desolate.
18 O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.
19 O Lord, hear; O lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. Delay not, for your own sake, O my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.
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