It was 5:30 am, I woke up to a funny smell. It had
been raining hard all night long. I went out and looked in the kitchen, there
was a mousetrap floating by. I stepped back into the living room – suddenly
water began pouring in from the bottom of the front door. I looked outside and
saw nothing but water! I bowed my
head and began to pray – Every way I could think.
Please Lord stop the water! …Water I rebuke you in
Jesus Name! Yehhhhh…Lord – blow from heaven a mighty blast from your nostril
and split this water and send it to my neighbor, let me have dry land!...I
claim this water outahear!...Lord if you love me – just wake me up from this
nightmare…Lord---Why?
So I guess prayer does not work – right? Wrong! By the time
the water was up to my hip, I was bowing my head thanking God for His control
over the situation, and for guidance of what to do now. A peace flooded my soul…the
water was still there…my appliances were still floating! Everything remained
the same – except me!
Prayer is not our way to turn God into Santa Claus. We won’t
always get what we want – Thank God for that! Prayer aligns our heart and mind
to enable us to accept the will of our Father, and also trust and thank Him for
what He is allowing.
I want to share four reasons why we should look forward to
praying, I will share one at a time so we will have time to digest the thought.
{1} Because
of Christ we "are not our own", we belong to Him, not ourselves.
Please understand this reality cuts both ways! While this
reality riles our flesh (sin nature) because, especially today, we are so much
into “our rights” that it is difficult to humble that flesh and submit to God
as our Master, we need to remember what kind of Master He is! Someone Who
sacrificed the ultimate for you! How hard is it to submit to that? Yes,
everything of ours is His, BUT Everything that is His is ours! This is not
health, wealth talk, it is realizing that anything and everything that we need
and desire can be granted to us IF our loving Father knows it would be best.
Ephesians
1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed
us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
Galatians
4:7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has
made you also an heir.
The So What: When something terrible happens, what is the
first thing you do? When something great happens, what is the first thing you
do? When you are faced with Giants or Mountains blocking your way, do you keep
your eyes on them? Where should you look?
