God
will hold to our account the souls that have gone uncured, unhealed, and
untouched by Jesus Christ because we have refused to keep our souls open to
him. He will reprove us for the times we
were not ready to present the Lord Jesus Christ to them by the power of the
Holy Spirit. Yet, we deal with some
people at great length without seeing any results; and we are tempted to quit
trying. Let
us never despair of any soul under heaven.
If you have a chronic case (by “chronic case,” I mean someone who is
always coming to the same place spiritually and never getting anywhere—always coming
forward at the alter call but getting nowhere),
thank God for that one. . I have found out that God uses those
chronic seekers to educate me. If they
will keep chronic long enough, the Lord will be able to manifest His patience
with me as He never could otherwise. And,
all of a sudden, these souls come into the light. Praise God!
Oswald.
1st Thessalonians 5:16 rejoice always, 17
pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this
is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
I
came across this yesterday as I was moving some books around. It just nailed me. What caught me was what I had written at the
top of the page. “OMG this is strong …. Never give up!” So I read and it made me think of certain people
that I have given up on because they are stuck.
They are not moving fast enough in the direction I want them to go. (Closer to Jesus) Then I have to remember all those who did not
give up on me when I was stuck. Thank
you Lord. Do you have someone like this
in your life? Maybe it is your spouse or
child?
So
today I am also reading in today’s devotion which coincides with what I read
yesterday.
Our
thinking about prayer, whether right or wrong is based on our own mental
conception of it. The correct concept is to think of prayer as the breath in
our lungs and the blood from our hearts. Our blood flows and our breathing
continues “without ceasing”; we are not even conscious of it, but it never
stops. And we are not always conscious of Jesus keeping us in perfect oneness
with God, but if we are obeying Him, He always is. Prayer is not an exercise;
it is the life of the saint. Beware of anything that stops the offering up of
prayer. “Pray without ceasing . . .”— maintain the childlike habit of offering
up prayer in your heart to God all the time.
Jesus
never mentioned unanswered prayer. He had the unlimited certainty of knowing
that prayer is always answered. Do we have through the Spirit of God that
inexpressible certainty that Jesus had about prayer, or do we think of the
times when it seemed that God did not answer our prayer? Jesus said, “. . .
everyone who asks receives . . .” (Matthew 7:8). Yet we say, “But . . . , but .
. . .” God answers prayer in the best way— not just sometimes, but every time.
However, the evidence of the answer in the area we want it may not always
immediately follow. Do we expect God to answer prayer? . The danger we have is that we
want to water down what Jesus said to make it mean something that aligns with
our common sense. But if it were only common sense, what He said would not even
be worthwhile. The things Jesus taught about prayer are supernatural truths He
reveals to us.. Oswald
So for myself
I am thinking that I don’t pray enough.
Have an Awesome day today and have peace in your heart!
