But Jeroboam had set an ambush to come from the rear, so that Israel was in front of Judah and the
ambush was behind them.
When Judah turned around, behold, they were attacked
both front and rear; so they cried to the Lord,
and the priests blew the trumpets. Then
the men of Judah raised a war cry, and
when the men of Judah raised the war
cry, then it was that God routed
Jeroboam and all Israel 2 Chronicles 13:13-15
Brothers and Sisters take up
your position of Victory… on your knees!!
‘When’ Israel gave their war cry (for they were in
desperate straits) it was ‘then’ God
intervened. I feel it is time we fall on our knees and give a war cry that will
be heard around the world and to the highest heavens? A war cry that is more
than a shout to rally troops for battle, but one that catches the ear of our
Warrior-Savior?
When we cry out from the depths of our soul, to our King and Dread Warrior,
Jesus Christ, then
He will rout our enemy.
Do we not all have family
members moving in their own strength and plans, even in rebellion? Are we
utilizing the gift of prayer that God has provided to accomplish His will
and purpose, and as that which moves the hand of God to do what only He can do?
Prayer is the most work we
will ever attend to. It is exhausting, effective, and a life-changing war cry
that moves God's hand and also hears our smallest faith-cry.
God uses the prayer of faith:
to close doors and open
them,
to move mountains and cast
them into the sea,
to change minds, heal,
prepare hearts, give rest,
to indenture our wills
and teach us to listen,
to shape and change us,
to enable us to draw near,
to draw us to Christ and His
cleansing blood,
to deliver us from evil and
addiction,
to free us to be all He
saved us to be,
to intercede for others,
to bring God’s power to bear
on a situation and accomplish His will!
to strengthen us to stand
strong in the LORD and in the power of His might
to deliver us from our flesh
and our well-loved sins
When we know God uses prayer
so implicitly and powerfully, why are we careless with such a gift? Is it our
unbelief or laziness? We are called to pray in faith… Faith and evidence must
rest on facts of the Word of God.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen. Hebrews 11:1
Faith is not a
force we exercise or a striving to believe that something shall be, thinking
that if we believe hard enough it will come to pass. ARH
Those who take up the false
teaching that believing hard enough requires God to respond in the way they
think is right, end up with the perspective of making the Christian life about
them. Believing hard enough does not obligate God to answer any prayer, let
alone prayer under such unbelief and pride. It is pure presumption when, in our
false wisdom, we pray our opinion from our miniscule understanding and pride!
We carry an unwarranted certainty that we know best.
I have witnessed those who
are offended with God and how He answered earnest prayer. They have not yet
learned His Sovereignty nor trusted He is all-wise and good.
God wants to hear our faith
cry. He calls us to be intercessors. He delights to increase our faith because
faith is dependence on God. Here is a quote I have shared before:
God-dependence only
begins when self-dependence ends. And self-dependence only comes to its end,
with some of us, when sorrow, suffering, affliction, broken plans and hopes
bring us to that place of self-helplessness and defeat. And only then do we
find that we have learned the lesson of faith; to find life rushing onward to a
blessed victory of life and power and service undreamt of in the days of
fleshly strength and self-reliance. JM
I cannot share it more
directly than this statement: … prayer should not be
so much for this or that gift, or this or that result, as for Christ Himself to
be manifest to us and through us. WFE
Doesn’t that impel you to
shout AMEN!!! ?
Father, You who
love us more than we are capable of understanding, thank You for teaching us
the hard lessons of faith and prayer. Raise us up to walk by faith in ways that
bring You glory. We are slow to learn and I bow and thank You for being abundantly
patient and compassionate. Everything about You is hard to comprehend. We so
often read Your word without really thinking about what we are reading.
Establish Your word to us as that which produces reverence for You. Teach us to
pray Your word. Fill us with faith to trust You implicitly. Your word is Your
greatest gift to Your children, thank You. Your word lives and Your grace is
more than enough. Remove the presumption from our imperfect prayers and reveal
to us when we are making things about us. We take up our war-cry for our
families asking You to move in ways beyond all we could think to ask. We bow
and bless Your Holy Name now and forever.
Praying for all of you who come to Dove's Eye,
az
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