It is a good and acceptable practice
for those who are saved to pray and make supplication unto God for all men, in
every walk of life. God desires the salvation of all people, regardless of
their walk of life. It is our task to pray with the same determination,
sincerity and passion for those who are friends or enemies and for those who
may be peers or in authority over us. The spiritual need of a person is
constant regardless of his or her position in life. We are directed to live
peaceably with all men and to show forth a quality of life which reflects the
godliness we have found in Christ. Our task in this world includes the action
of prayer for all men. This is a personal engagement in the need of the souls
around us, for there in no one exempted from our attention in prayer. The individual
that mocked us, requires our prayer to God. The person who has chosen to be
difficult or antagonistic is in need of our pleading to the Lord. The stranger
we meet, the friend we have known a while, or the family member we grew up with,
all are candidates for our supplication to the Lord. The apostle indicates we
should not fall short in our prayer for all men, even when we think of what we
might regard as ‘important’ or ‘popular’ individuals, those in our society and
government who carry responsibility and the power of decision making. It is an
ineffable joy to think that while I may never have a personal say in the
establishing of law, or in determining some practice in society, yet greater
and well above that, I have been given authority to pray and potentially bring
about change and help effect the salvation of a soul! The ability by prayer to influence
a positive outcome of the eternal destiny of a fellow human being is a
deputation of great honour, which deserves equally great appreciation. In all
our doing of ‘good and acceptable’ things to improve the physical or temporal
condition of any other human beings, nothing could equal the importance and
urgency of praying for their souls! God desires that all people everywhere be
saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth. How many might be snatched from the grasp of hell, saved and live to fulfil God’s desire, simply because you and I were faithful to pray?
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