providence and prayer
by JVS on Oct.11, 2010, under 2010
This morning I woke up praying for a friend who’s dealing with a serious health concern in a hospital right now. Normally when I pray it feels like I’m having a conversation with God, asking him to intercede, and God is in some undefined ‘third place’ relative to the person I’m praying for (heaven or something). This time it was different. As I prayed it felt as though Jesus was right there with her, even as he was right there with me… in both places at the same time. As I’m very intimately asking him to help my friend out, he’s already right beside her, holding her life, intimately present to her condition. It was beautiful. And as I thought about it, it made perfect sense. This is how the idea of an everywhere God speaking and moving through everything works in the area of prayer.
The other day I was reading the story of the Roman Centurian who came to Jesus asking him to heal his paralyzed servant. When Jesus says he’ll do it and offers to come to the soldier’s house, the soldier says, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” Jesus was astonished at his response saying, ”Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.” The Centurian’s faith enabled him to see that, of course, God is present to everything, all at the same time.
October 11th, 2010 on 8:47 am
Pastor,
There is so much the average christian fails to see. It is my passion to unveil the real Jesus and the Awesome Father Who loves and adores us.
The Living Word needs to be our EVERYTHING, the Lamb Who was slain…. but sadly many can’t comprehend what that really means. They rationalize their failure to be interested in reading the Bible.
I pray for my brothers and sisters everywhere to break out of the carnal prison which blinds them from the Truth right inside of them.
Ironically, we need to close our eyes to have them opened. Stop looking at the outside and reach in. He’s there, waiting. Then we can rightly divide the Word of Truth and look into the perfect law of liberty instead of living by the law given by Moses.
And if we’re not planting the seeds of Life, the written Word, in our hearts, there will be no Rhema Word, revelation, in the heart and we remain carnal, lacking understanding. 2000 years ago the seed of Life died, rose again, and is waiting to be birthed again inside of every believer. Without it, there is no Life. We all need to take an active role in our own relationship with Him instead of depending on our pastors to do it all. We read it, believe it, meditate on it and then see it manifest in the natural. Seed, time and harvest.
Jesus must be lifted up and exalted. Not just the person of Jesus, but the Living Word that He is, inside of our hearts. THEN we will see the church rise up in her Awesome Beauty and Power!
It’s coming, It’s coming! And it will be GLORIOUS!
God bless your ministry!
Your sister in Him,
Jen