January 05, 2010

Post it! And Pour it!

Pour out your heart to HIM – Psalm 62:8

We had at our home a blank bulletin board that was placed at our refrigerator where our children can post the needed home items (like tooth paste, paper rolls, straws etc.,) before they ran out. After a week or so my wife will find time to go and buy those for us. Once posted, supply is back on time before we ran out of the needed items.

Once in his sermon on prayer, Rev. Charles Stanley talked about the importance of “fighting the battle before the battle.” We should keep praying for the issues of life we may not necessarily have at present but that may show up in the future. For example, if currently we have jobs and all the needed things, instead of enjoying the world and not spending time with God, we must be vigilant to ask God to protect us from job loss and asking God to protect us from all dangers that may be ahead of us. We can pray and ask God to protect our children’s future from all harm. God has designed prayer as a great weapon for believers to use and obtain our need from our heavenly father. R. A. Torrey gave four reasons for why we should pray? prayer is God’s way for us to obtain what we need from Him (Lu 11:3-13), because there is a devil, and prayer is a God-appointed way to resist him, prayer is the means God has appointed for us to find “grace to help in time of need” (Heb. 4 : 16), and prayer with thanksgiving is God’s way for us to obtain freedom from anxiety and to receive “the peace of God” (Phil. 4 : 6-7).

In Psalm 62:8, David encourages us to “pour” out our hearts to God. The idea of pouring is let the burden be poured out of us. The burden of life issues if stayed in our hearts will continue to discourage and damage us and will keep shaking our faith in our Father. If we pour out a cup of water on the ground, in no way we can get the same water in the cup. The idea is to clean-up our hearts from the dirt of discouragements that Satan fills our hearts with. We also read in Psalm 142:2, that prayer means pouring our complaints to him. We will pour out our hearts and complaints to the one we trust and rely on and also to the one we spend enough time with. Most times, when we have a complaint about an issue, we tend to first call someone to share and ultimately this may lead to gossip.

Once a man had an idea and he asked God if he may pray to move a huge rock beside his home. God told him to go ahead and push the rock. After keep pushing for months, he grew so tired and wanted to give up. He lamented to God and said you asked me to push and I tried and tried and tried and I am unable to move an inch. God answered, “Yes I asked you to only push and moving will be my job.” If you are in a situation where you keep pouring and praying about a situation and seem like no answer and frustrated that nothing happened? Keep PUSH…ing. Yes keep PUSH (Pray Until Something Happens)…ing. It is God’s pleasure to answer you according to HIS good will. When worldly parent knew how to meet the needs posted by their children, how much more our heavenly Father who lavished His love on you will meet your needs.

So keep Posting, Pouring, Praying, and Pushing!

Prayer: Lord, give me the perseverance to keep praying for the needs of my life and others and not to wear out when delayed. You time is always perfect.

May you have a Joy-filled day!

“Daily Grace at Jesus` Feet,” - Devotionals written by Dr. Paul Joseph. Copyright 2010 - 2011  Dr. Paul Joseph; All rights reserved.