Dangerous Prayer
March 23, 2007 To The Ends of The Earth…
Dangerous PrayerI recently read something that brought conviction into my life. As I pray for unreached people groups and nations, I sometimes forget that God is just as much interested in changing me as He is in changing them. Here's what I read:
"The fact that prayer is dangerous never occurs to some people. We think of prayer as being about the safest thing we can do - but it isn't. Do you remember singing the hymn, "Anywhere with Jesus I can safely go, anywhere He leads me in this world below"? When we sing those words we usually think of the heroic life of some missionary. But be careful before you promise God you'll go where He wants you to go. He might not send you to Africa. Instead, He might send you to apologize to and to forgive a certain person. Or He might send you to some obscure service to the church. Or He might send you to render an unpleasant service to some other person. It takes great courage and faith to relinquish our wills to God's will. But if we do really pray and mean it, then it brings marvelous peace and great power."
The Challenge
I would like to challenge all of us to think of 1 or 2 areas in our lives that need to change and then pray consistently about them this week. Maybe we've been a bit distracted from Christ lately. Maybe our prayer habits have slipped. Maybe we've been a bit sarcastic lately. Maybe we've been fearful and doubting. Whatever it is, let's take it to the LORD in prayer - believing that the One who will redeem the nations also cares enough to completely redeem and sanctify us individually - all to the praise of His glorious grace!
