King David made it a point to pray in the morning. He longed for an audience with God. He did this because he wanted to honor God at the beginning of his day, and this set the tone for an entire day dedicated unto God. David gave us what to do before prayer and after prayer. Before we pray, we should direct and lay our prayer. After we pray, we look up and wait with expectancy to heaven, really believing that God will answer.
How is your prayer life? Do you take time alone with the Lord and wait expectantly? Sharing here is an incident from Hudson Taylor's life on what Prayer can do. He was know as one of the mighty man of prayer. Read on:
J. Hudson Taylor was a famous missionary to China. He realized, he had trouble finding time alone with God. He began to wake himself up at 2:00 am in the morning and used those quiet hours when everyone else slept to commune with God.
In the year 1854 a sailing vessel was becalmed in the vicinity of New Guinea. Seeing the distressed look on the captain's face as he peered intently into the sea, a young Englishman inquired as to the cause of his anxiety. This was the reply: "A four-knot current is carrying us swiftly toward some sunken reefs over there. Our fate seems to be sealed." On the shores of the island, cannibals were rushing about and lighting fires in great glee. Presently the captain spoke again: "We have done everything that can be done." "No," responded the young man, "there is one thing we haven't done. Four of us on board are Christians. Let each of us retire to his cabin and in agreed prayer ask the Lord to give us a breeze immediately." This was agreed upon and done. After a few minutes of earnest intercession, the young man came up on deck confident that the petition had been granted. Finding the first officer, a godless man, in charge, he requested him to let down the corners of the mainsail. "What would be the good of that?" he asked. The young man told him that he and three others had been asking God to send a wind, that it was coming immediately and that there was not a minute to lose, since they were so near the reefs. With a look of contempt, the officer replied with an oath: "Nonsense! You can't pray up a wind." Noticing a few moments later that the topmost sail was beginning to tremble, he said: "That is only a cat's-paw — a mere puff of wind." "Never mind what you think," cried the young man. "Let down the mainsail quickly." This he was not slow to do. Hearing the heavy tread of the men on deck, the captain came up from his cabin and saw that the breeze had indeed come. In a few minutes they were sailing away from the dangerous reefs, much to the disappointment of the native cannibals on the beach. Writing of this and similar experiences, the young man said: "Thus God encouraged me, ere landing on China's shores, to bring every variety of need to Him in prayer, and to expect that He would honor the name of the Lord Jesus and give the help which each emergency required." So we have been introduced to a remarkable man, J. Hudson Taylor, and to the text, John 14:13, which was woven into the fabric of his life and into the texture of his stupendous achievements: "And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son."
Today take time to Pray, have Faith, and wait expectantly in the Lord. The Lord is waiting for you to make that time for Him.
I pray this message touched your heart to pray and be closer to the Lord. If you have anything encouraging to share, please share in the comments below. Thank you. God bless.
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