Sen. Josh Hawley is inviting Christians to the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Dec. 15, from noon to 1 p.m., for an hour of fasting and prayer for the nation, Charisma reports. He announced it on X after last week’s midterms: “Christians need to gather and seek the Lord… Meet me there!”
Charisma’s write-up makes a point I agree with. Whoever wins, the command in 1 Timothy 2 to pray “for kings and all those in authority” stays the same.
My take
I’m not writing this as a politics post. I’m writing it because fasting and prayer are how the church has always answered a hard moment, long before there was a Capitol to stand in front of. Fasting means laying something down, and prayer means admitting we need God. You don’t have to be in D.C. for either one. Set aside that hour on the 15th wherever you are, ask the Holy Spirit to search your own heart first, and then pray for our leaders, all of them, by name.
“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” (2 Chronicles 7:14).
God Bless, and Happy hacking!
