Happy Easter to you and your Family!
Luke 18:1 Jesus said we ought always to pray. I seem to be stricken with A.D.D. when I start on my daily list of urgent and needful and humble and dependent and desperate prayers. Verse 2 says to pray and don't faint. Can I stop the physical faint, the spiritual faint? I have fainted at least ten times that I could document---all related to shock and fear and disease. Couldn't stop the fainting. But can I stop the surrounding circumstances that plummet my life into distress? Probably not, not really. So, should I say, I cannot stop the circumstances, but can I better wrestle with what is really going on deep inside of my heart? Absolutely.
And One Way is through Persistent Prayer----longing for Him.
Coffman's Commentary says that Luke 18:1 has "no reference to a ceaseless bending of the knee, or a continuation without intermission in the utterance of petitions to the Almighty, but to an attitude of unbroken fellowship with God. As Augustine said, 'There is another interior prayer without intermission, and that is the longing of thy heart.' " And that gives me such hope for our Avenger does not make all wrongs right here and now. Our Long-Suffering LORD doesn't immediately heal every disease this Resurrection Day. Therefore. Are my longings for God and His Plan greater than my longing for healing, for comfort, for safety, for approval, for recognition? What's most alive in me this Easter Sunday?
As I stand before a holy God in the midst of a Kingdom Program, may we be called to repent, whether the younger prodigal or the older brother, repent of what controls us other than the Love of Christ. As we stand in the middle of the Easter congregation alongside pharisees and publicans, may we see with the eyes of our heart what we are doing to God, our families, our friends & ministries.
Luke 18:13 ~ God, be merciful to each of us sinners on Easter and always! Because, He is Risen!
Blessed Resurrection Sunday, Pearls! You bless my life in a multitude of ways. You spur me on as the Day grows near. This blessed EAster, here in the love of Christ I stand. May your Good Friday of desperation be resurrected to joyous redemption! He loves us. Counting the cost this season. Love, Annette
ReplyDeleteMy Precious Friends,
ReplyDeleteIt is an honor to walk beside you and I cherish you all more today than I did yesterday! Thank you for being a part of my life. It was no accident that He brought us together.
Love you,
Angie
Happy Easter to each one of you. Thank you for being His Hands, His Feet, His Hea♥rt to me. Love you all so very much. Praying for you this day and forward. Wishing Forward! Love, Bev
ReplyDeleteEaster blessings to all of you!
ReplyDeleteI'm a little late but still here to celebrate our risen Lord!
So busy this weekend cooking and cleaning for an Easter lunch! When I could finally grab one second to focus totally on Jesus and His Love and Sacrifice for me...I decided I would watch a video from the Revelation study by Beth Moore.
It was so good...based on Revelation 12 and how the red dragon has been defeated. He still wrecks havoc in our lives, but he can't win! We will wear a Victor's Crown in heaven. And these last days of struggle with him are poured out because he knows his days are short! I loved how she described the end times as a type of Exodus...the plagues and the judgement poured out on mankind are compared to the judgements God sent to Pharoah when he hardened his heart and WOULD NOT LET HIS PEOPLE GO!
Bev, God hears our crying out to Him. Our cries go up to heaven. He knows how hard the times are right now for all His children. You hang on. Eyes on Christ.
I am so thankful for each of you and for how Jesus STILL saves. He's ALIVE!
He's LOVE!
He's God, our God!