Scripture:

2 Chronicles 7:14

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 will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Today, in our portion, Solomon has an encounter with God; the bible says this is the second time that God has spoken to Solomon directly.  When someone calls you or writes a letter or an email, it still holds importance, but when it must be in person, it has weight.   Here the Lord gives Solomon the recipe for peace and blessing, for fruitfulness and success, a restored state.  The Lord lays out these four conditions: 

Four Conditions

1. Humble themselves:   To recognize their need for God, His strength, His power, His ability. Admitting need and submitting to God's authority.
2. Pray: Seeking God in honest communication.  Pouring ourselves out before Him.
3. Seek my face: Actively pursuing a deeper relationship with God rather than just asking for favors.
4. Turn from their wicked ways: Repenting (changing your mind), seeing from God's perspective, and changing directions, aligning with God's ways. 

Three Promises

1. Hear from heaven: God listens to the prayers of His people.
2. Forgive their sin: God pardons the transgressions of those who repent. Remembering them no more.
3. Heal their land: God restores and brings peace/wholeness/blessing and refreshing to the place we live, restoring us, renewing a right relationship. 

Today's God Shot is to be humble, to repent, which means to see from God's perspective, to have a changed mind, one that sees life through God's lens, to seek Him with all that is within you.

Lord, we are your people, the place in which you put your name. May our hearts always be humble, and our eyes always be set on you. May our ears be attentive to your voice and follow your leading, heal our land, restore us, refresh and renew us in this day, may we bring you honor in Jesus' name, Amen!