2 Chronicles 6:32-33 (NIVUK)
32 ‘As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm – when they come and pray towards this temple, 33 then hear from heaven, your dwelling-place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house that I have built bears your Name.
Immigration continues to be a hot-potato in worldwide politics. Whatever our views on the matter might be, Solomon discerns that God’s will in calling a people for himself was to bless the world as in his promise to Abraham, and prays that those who don’t know him yet might discover him as they have.
Father, teach us to treat those of all nationalities with compassion and grace, and help us to reveal your love to them.
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