For the Peace of God's Jerusalem

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good” (Psa 122:6-9)

David encouraged people to pray for his city, the physical Jerusalem.

But as believers today, where is our own city, where is our Jerusalem?

As we know that Old Testament is New Testament concealed, and New Testament is Old Testament revealed. The Old Testament is a shadow of things to come… New Testament. The salvation in Old Testament was the law and the prophets, but in the New Testament it is the holy Spirit. The place of worship in the OT is the Temple, but now we are the temple of God. God dwelt in house made with hands in the OT, but today, he dwells in us. God chose the nation of Israel as his beloved in the OT, but today, we are the ”holy nation” of God and the “peculiar people.”

Today, we are God’s Jerusalem.

John in his revelations says, “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God” (Rev 21:1-3).

According to the passage, our own Jerusalem is “coming down from God out of heaven.”

We believers and the body of Christ are, “holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”

Peter wrote in 1Pet 2:9: “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light”

Praying for the peace of Jerusalem means praying for the body of Christ, praying for one another.

There is a benefit accrued to this act of obedience: “they shall prosper that love thee.” When we obey the command to pray for the one another, there is prosperity. But that is not the reason we pray for the peace of Jerusalem, God calls Jerusalem, “my brethren and companions' sakes.”

God says, “for the sake of my companion and my brethren,” pray for the peace the body of Christ in whom you are a part, so that you can prosper.

Paul wrote to Timothy: “I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour” (1Tim 2:1-3).

Only when we obey this command can we prosper and live a good and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.” This is what God wants, let us obey.

Let us pray for our brethren in distress. Let’s pray for those devastated with earthquake in Syria and Turkey. Let us pray for elections in Nigeria the most population black nation on earth. Let us pray for other nations God put in our earth. There are “brethren” and “God’s companion there. Let us pray for “Peace be within thy walls, and Prosperity within thy palaces.” Let us “now say, Peace be within thee.” Amen. cryoutreach