Monday, February 8, 2010

Day 100

Feb 8: 1 Kings 16-18
Praise God that I made it to day 100 ahead of schedule! (only by a little bit) Anyways, I'm really glad I committed to reading the bible consistently, it's done a lot for me and has taught me some more discipline, although I still need to be better at this. Thanks again to people who read/post and encourage me to keep it going.

I think we all know or at least say we know how important and powerful prayer is. But in case any of us forgot how much of an impact it really can be, chapter 17 clearly demonstrates this. In that chapter, Elijah is staying at a widow's house when her son becomes ill. She becomes extremely worried for his health and asks Elijah if he came to her place to remind her of her sin and to kill her son. Elijah then takes the son to the upper room of the house and cries out to the Lord asking Him to return the boy's life to him. Verse 22 is the key verse which states, "The LORD heard Elijah's cry, and the boy's life returned to him, and he lived."
God heard Elijah's cry; essentially, God reacted to Elijah's cry. If Elijah hadn't cried out for this boy, I'm not sure he would have lived... In any case, Elijah didn't just pray or ask God for help, he cried out for Him. He showed how invested he was and how much he cared for this boy's life and in turn God heard Him. God wants this kind of passion from us and from our prayers! It shows how much it means to us and how willing we are to cry out for help, asking God to take our burdens upon Himself. The result of our genuine prayers could be enough to save someone's life, nothing is too small for God to handle. Let's cry out to God for all that we're struggling with, for all that we need help with, and be assured that He will listen and He will react according to His will and His awesome plans for us.

3 comments:

  1. Amen! Prayer is so key but i sometimes think i can handle things on my own...then God comes and kicks my arse.

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  2. im expecting you to cry out this sunday during service. hahah jkjk
    i liked this entry lots

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