Hmmmm.... I was listening to a podcast of a good friend of mine deliver a message to his local church this morning. Now the message itself was a solid one, he has a heart for the poor and orphaned and widowed and wants to see the church be the hands and feet of God. It is incredibly inspirational to hear his heart poured out to a community of believers and I want to go be a part of his ministry even though he is three hours away. But one thing that really stood out to me was the idea that we know prayer is an effective tool because we are in the midst of a spiritual battle not a physical one.
This got me to thinking about how great our father is that He would spare us from battling with the enemy ourselves, that His love is so great that He would have his heavenly hosts do our bidding for us. But how is it that we help? How is it that we help promote change?
I am reminded of the book Piercing the Darkness by Frank E. Peretti. And we see this town in the midst of a spiritual battle and all that is stopping the enemy from overtaking this entire community is one little old lady who gets up and prays, and prays fervently.
What is it that we are doing to help the spiritual battle that is surrounding us everyday? Are we trying to take the world on ourselves or our we fighting on our knees, with our heads in our hands and and our petitions going upward? Christ prayed and met with God all of the time, Jesus was always concerned with His father's will first and his was secondary.
We need to be as the tax collector in the synagogue beating his chest begging for forgiveness for sinners like us, we need to commit to prayer without seizing, knowing God's will and submitting to it and doing our part in this war that is all around us.
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