Sunday, March 11, 2007
Something Extra
What is the proper motive for prayer? It is to communicate with God and express our love to Him.
You direct your prayers to God because your first motive is to have a relationship with Him, not to get things from Him.
For WINNING sake. Simply put , "You cannot win without praying!" The spritual war rages on daily whether we want it or not. It is like saying, "You cannot win a battle if you don;t fight!" "You cannot win a swim competition without jumping into the water!" "You cannot win a surfing competition upon the mountain!" "You cannot win a Tour de France in Hawaii!" Should i go on? The point is that you need to do and be where it counts.
The apostle Paul said to the church in Ephesus, "Finally, my bethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil ... praying always and supplication in the Sprit , being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints."
Daniel experienced a breakthrough after praying for 21 days. The prince of Persia was the spritual force that guided the advancement of the world government. Gabriel had been sent by God, but the Satanic princes, or fallen angels, made war against Gabriel- Santan not wanting Daniel's prayer to be answered. Michael , the Archangel, was called in to assist Gabriel in the battle.
In this story, the angel of the Lord said to Daniel, "Do not fear, Daniel for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God,( I think what he meant about that meant he decided to think that he cant do this alone but only with God and submitting to God in prayer...)your words were heard; I have come because of your words. ( Woah, my words are that powerful, "Ask and it would be given...Seek and You will find" ) But the Prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the Kings of Persia. (Dan 10:12-13)
The prophet Daniel had fasted and prayed for 21 days. The length of time necessary for God's spritual forces to overcome the work of the enemy for Daniel was 21 days. Of course, our mighty God can do it in one second if He desires, but it seems that out of those 21 days of waiting on the Lord, God worked on Daniel as much as He was solving Daniel's problem.
Amazing! when i read that, i was reminded that the devil would never win if i have God on my side. Although sometimes, my prayer requests takes some time to be answered. But if i keep hold of it and have faith that it would come to past... in the end it will always be answered. I realised God is amazing He put us in situation to teach us something, and we always come out of that problem strong, full of power as Jesus did when He came out of the deserts after.. a very long time. God always reminds me that He will never leave me nor forsake me, no matter what. He tells me that i matter more to Him then the natural habitat (Fishes,Birds, Plants...etc).
posted by: Cheers_Darling @ 4:35 PM
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