There’s a purpose for each of us to be placed & born in such a time as this & in such a place as this. We are being sent forth by God to this nation at this time. We are watchman for God over this world. We are called to intercede for our community & nation. We are to be accountable before God over this nation & our community. We are to establish the kingship & reign of God in this world. We are to expand the kingdom of God now & here. This is our purpose as Malaysian Christian now & here.
We must embrace our role as Malaysian, & children of God that live in this age of modernization & globalization. 3 most prominent roles in the Bible are priests, prophets, & kings, & they pray! Although we are not officially priest, prophet & king, but we can have a priestly prayer, a prophetic prayer, & a kingly prayer. Prayer is equated to be oxygen to Christians. Prayer enables God to move in our life, through us.
A priest is someone who stands in the gap between human & God. Priest goes to God on behalf of men & goes to men on behalf of God. Being a priest means that you have to intercede for people. A priest also must have confidence & assurance that God hears & because of this a priest is to be set apart & sanctified for the work. God calls us to be His priests even at this time & place, to be set apart & sanctified, to have a heart for the people of Malaysia & intercede for them. Pray with intercession of a priest!
Exodus 19:6
You will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light.
A prophet is someone who calls the people to align themselves to the proclaimed word & will of God. Prophet is to proclaim the things of God to the people. Prophet speaks forth the will of God, & delivers the word of God into the situation of the people. Prophet can only do such things if he sees & understands the purpose & will of God. In the same way we must have the same prophetic vision from God for Malaysia, especially in end times where the Holy Spirit is being poured. Pray prophetically! Proclaim & speak forth!
1 Chronicles 12:32
...men of Issachar who understood the times and knew what Israel should do...
Luke 4:18-19
The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because He has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.
A king is given authority over things of the kingdom. King is always regarded as god’s agent in all cultures. King is to bring order, especially God’s order in the OT. A king is also accountable for his people & the situation in the nation, a steward of God in the nation. All authority in this world came from God, & God has given us the authority in Christ over the world & we are supposed to establish the Kingdom of God in our nation of Malaysia. We have a kingly role to play here for our King Jesus. Take up our spiritual authority! Pray in authority against the enemy!
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
Revelation 5:10
You have made them to be a kingdom and priest to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.
So as Christian living in Malaysia in this critical time, let us pray with heart of a priest to intercede for people, with vision of a prophet to proclaim for nation, & with authority of a king to reign for Christ.
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