Praying for our nation

As I read this passage today, I thought about Japan, where I live.

Like Israel, the Japanese worship gods with no voice, gods that do not answer, gods that do not pay attention.

And so I pray for Japan, and for those I love in Japan who don’t know him. My wife’s family. My coworkers. My students.

O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Japan. That you are God of the whole earth.

Let it be clear to them that I am your servant, and that everything I do is for you.

Oh, Lord, answer me, that this people may know that you, O Lord, are God, and that you have turned their hearts back.

And when they see it, may they too fall on their faces and say, “The Lord, he is God. The Lord, he is God.”