As I sit here this morning, my thoughts once again go in the direction of prayer. On a personal level, my prayer life usually brings me the most blessings and struggles. Since I love to pray and I feel the Lord has called me to a life of intercession, this is the area satan seems to target the most. It is great to know that “His strength is made perfect in my weakness.” This thought brings me tremendous joy and peace.
One thought I have this morning is from Hebrews 11. (This is by far my favorite chapter of the bible). Verse 13 tells us that ”All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not received the things promised: they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance.” Vs 39 continues, ”these were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.” This blows my mind. Basically speaking, all these great heroes of faith died not seeing the answers to their prayers for our benefit! It reminds me of how it’s not about me!! God is working in my life for the good of others and that excites me, really! Everything I’m going through is for good. All those struggles in prayer are for not only for my benefit, but for the good of others. He will use them. I’m blessed to be in the hands of such a loving and faithful God. And on top of all this, they were eventually “made perfect”. They did see the answers to their prayers and so will I!
