88 “Wait in Prayer, for the Promise”

“By common consent all these men together with the women

who had followed Jesus, Mary His mother as well as His brothers

devoted themselves to prayer."

(Acts 1:12-14)

J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS) 

Waiting, one of the most challenging things I believe we as Christians must do. However everything around us in society demands we wait… checkout lines, fast food drive thru, government or municipal offices, customer services whether in person or by phone. Yet when it comes to God most feel we shouldn’t have to wait, because we are dealing with God Himself.  However one of the last things Jesus told His disciples before ascending to heaven was to wait. “Wait for the promise of the Father.” Wait! Hum it seems that waiting is something we’re going to have to do whether we liked it or not. But the question is what are we waiting on? As intercessor we are often reminded that our answers to prayer doesn’t hinge on our desires or even our time frame, but those of the Fathers. When we pray we know that everything is according to the will of the Father, and in His timing He will answer our prayer.  “But when the proper time came God sent his son, born of a human mother and born under the jurisdiction of the Law, that he might redeem those who were under the authority of the Law and lead us into becoming, by adoption, true sons of God.” (Galatians 4:4) 

So what are we waiting for? We’re waiting on God’s divine timing for the promise to manifest. The disciples were told four things that would require their faith in Christ to be activated in order to stand still and wait. What were they waiting for:

• “Wait for the promise of the Father.”
•  “You will receive power after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you.”
•  “You will be witnesses unto Me.”
• “Both In Jerusalem and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”

These four statements are the essence of what it means to be an intercessor and disciple of Christ. That is unity in continuous prayer, the gift of the Holy Spirit and power, becoming living testimonies of the risen Christ, in every City, Town, State and Nation in the world. This is the gospel the true mission of the church.  

What Jesus established prior to leaving this earth was a united body of unceasing prayerful witnesses; who were filled with power and the Holy Spirit. They would be eye witnesses to the living Christ and carry that message the ends of the earth and every creature. This was the church Christ promised would be founded upon the rock of Peter’s testimony, “You are the Christ Son of The Living God.” Upon this truth we are to continue in pray and supplication in one accord or knitted together by the Love of Christ for us. It is this oneness which gives us power and authority in heaven with God and men on earth.

What’s our greatest challenge today, patience… we hate to wait for anything. Someone once said that we were an “instant coffee generation” everything in our society demand “FASTER”, cars computer, people’s productivity, cell phones…you name it we want it faster and faster. We don’t want to have to wait! Why? Because we have equated, “time with money and money is time.” I’m not sure but perhaps this phrase has been coined from a famous quote by (“time is money”, a phrase used by Benjamin Franklin in Advice to a Young Tradesman, Written by an Old One, see opportunity cost)  Nevertheless it has become the driving force behind our workforce today, if you’re not able to keep up, you’ll be kicked out.  

How then do we learn to wait on God when everything around us is moving at 4G speed? But let us not forget that, “they who wait upon the Lord will get new strength. They will rise up with wings like eagles. They will run and not get tired. They will walk and not become weak.” Our one responsibility is to wait in unceasing prayer for the promise that God will answer our prayers; but what guarantee  were we given that the Father would in fact answer… the Holy Spirit! All we need do is continue to pray the will of the Father to be done in this earth and then wait for it to be manifested.  It will be manifested!! We as the church will remain the conquring force God intended for us to be if we maintain our faith in His word. 

 

We cannot allow this worlds influence to dissuade us from walking in our mission here upon the earth, to pray the will of the Father “be done in earth even as it is in heaven.” We must not be wavering in our prayer lives and to our mission to reach nations of this world.  

My Prayer: heavenly Father, have mercy upon Your people and Your church, fill us with the Spirit of prayer and supplication just like You did with the disciple and the believers of old. You have given us power to tread upon serpents and scorpions and over all the powers of the enemy…now help us to walk in that power and authority with boldness. Father we call forth all the intercessor, which You have ordained for this time and season raise them up a might army; bring them out their places of complacency and lethargy.  Break the hold of the enemy that blocks your people for advancing in Your Kingdom purpose. We pray in Jesus’ name Amen!!! 

Have A Bless Day…Go in God’s Peace!  

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