Reading: James 5:15-18, 15And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. 16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. 17Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. 18Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.
Can you imagine being in a public place and someone realizes that you are a Christian and begins to become very boisterous in mocking you and your faith. A crowd begins to gather, as the man starts to challenge you in front of everyone that your God is not real. Now there are scores of onlookers as the man tells you that he will prove it through a challenge. He tells you to get a huge boulder as he gets one as well, and you will have to call upon your God for Him to send fire from heaven to consume the giant rock and he would try to do the same with his god. Can you imagine what and how you would be feeling? I’m sure our comment would be, “Well, God doesn’t work that way.” Really?… because Elijah was put in a very similar situation of competition. Sometimes, we rationalize our lack of faith with the thought, “God doesn’t work that way”. The pressure is very strong in thinking, “Oh, man, if I accept the challenge and fire doesn’t really come down from heaven, then, not only will I look really stupid but it will make God look bad too. Would He really send the fire?” Men, James says, “Elijah was a man just like us”… another words, he was human too. Please let this sink in, prayer is the most “powerful and effective” tool you will ever use or experience in your life. You have no less ability for the power of God in your prayer than Elijah had. You have the same potential. Find your power today.
How will you make quality time to be in prayer, to find your power?
Don’t forget… that power can only come from God, to bring glory to Himself.
REVIEW
Were you able to spend quality time in prayer?
Were you able to see the power of God through prayer, and, if so, how?
How did this impact your prayer life?
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