PUSH

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“Be unceasing in prayer [praying perseveringly];” 1 Thessalonians 5v17 (AMP)

I remember some years back when there were these acronyms out there – WWJD: What Would Jesus Do; FROG: Fully Rely on God; and PUSH – Pray Until Something Happens. I want to dwell on PUSH today. There are times in our lives when we have to PUSH, without giving up. This is highlighted in the parable that Jesus told His disciples in Luke 18 about how we should pray and not faint. We see even exemplified in the case of Elijah the prophet and our Lord Jesus Christ where they stayed on the same prayer point until the answer came for the former or some sort of settlement or peace was attained. 1 Kings 18v41-45 (NIV) says “And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.” So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees. “Go and look toward the sea,” he told his servant. And he went up and looked. “There is nothing there,” he said. Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.” The seventh time the servant reported, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.” So Elijah said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’” Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain started falling and Ahab rode off to Jezreel.” Child of God, perhaps you have a sure promise, you hear the sound of the abundance of rain concerning yourself, your family, ministry, nation, don’t stop pushing through in prayer for the manifestation to come forth. We see Daniel being told in Daniel 10v12-14 (KJV) being told that “… Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.” Be encouraged to know that the seeds that we sow in prayer to the Lord are not in vain. However sometimes we need to persevere in the place of prayer for the answer to manifest in the physical.

Supplementary Text

“A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: by the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.” Proverbs 13v2 (KJV)

Prayer

Father, I thank You for Your Word. I pray for the grace to persevere in the place of prayer in Jesus name, amen.