Prayer based on Jeremiah 51

Father God, who can stand when You bring judgment upon a nation? Who will stand when You bring judgment against the world? What a Babylon we live in. The world is against You and Your people. You have stirred up the Spirit of one nation to bring down another land. Those who trust in their treasures will not stand when foreign enemies come by Your Hand. You bring forth the rain and the snow. You control the wind and the waves. You formed all things. You use armies for Your purposes. Idols are formed by men. These false gods are nothing and they can form nothing. You are God. If You are against the world, against men, against idols, You can bring about a complete destruction of a whole nation, breaking that land in pieces. Your purposes against any nation shall stand. Did we really imagine that any nation would be able to remain by her own power? You will repay the nations of the world for the way they have expressed their hatred against Your church. With a Word You create, and with a Word You will destroy. If we are able to even live through such an ordeal, it is a matter of great mercy. Why are we so amazed by the trials that we face when we live amongst a world that will surely face judgment? Did not the prophets face great difficulties and the violence of men? Why are our expectations so different from their earthly destiny, when You will surely judge men and nations? Lord, there is no safety in any place where we live. There is no land on this earth where we can think that we will have peace and prosperity. It is not by the wisdom or power of worldly empires that the new heavens and the new earth will be established. When You say the word, every Babylon shall sink and rise no more. Our safety is in You. Our citizenship is in heaven. Our home is in the body of Christ. We are eternally grateful for Your many mercies.