130 - "Find Courage To Pray Like David Did" 2 Samuel 6-7; Psalm 30; John 1:29-51

Who is over my affairs?

Pray.  Take courage.  It has been our dream to pray for our children and launch them into the world.  This day was the last day of our parenting days at home.  They all have moved on and we hope that they can never get over our prayers for them. 

So, what prayer of courage could I offer Him?  2 Samuel 7:27... "Your servant has found courage to pray the prayer in 2 Samuel 7 to a Sovereign Lord. All because You, oh Lord, have put me together. Psalm 30:2.

The Prayer of Courage: 

"Who am I, Sovereign Lord, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?. And as if this were not enough in your sight, Sovereign Lord, you have also spoken about the future of the house of your servant---and this decree, Sovereign Lord, is for a mere human...

How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is No One like you!

So, find courage to pray today! You have a Sovereign Lord over all your affairs.

There was once a man, his name John, sent by God to point out the way. The way to go, where to look, who to believe in. Every person who enters this life, God brings into Light. In the deepest sense, the Messianic Presence is in our thoughts, in our lives every single day. 

The words of John melt my hart. Life has been uphill all the way. Some of the best advice came from my counselor I supernaturally found when I faced a great divide in my life. He told me that in this world, communion with God is not defined by experiences or blessings.  To really live is to release the life of Jesus through our lives in any circumstance no matter what. Reading the New Testament paints the picture of relating as Jesus did. Giving when no one gives back. Loving in the face of unreturned love. Forgiving when it is not deserved. Suffering in the place of those who should suffer. 

Let’s look to Jesus together. He is able.

John 1:29-51.                                                                                                                                         Nathanael was home when Philip beckoned him to hear the glad news of the Messiah coming to their town. "We found the One." From Nazareth comes the "All Good." Nathanael goes quickly. He is both amazed and startled at Jesus' words to him---as if He knew him. "How do you know me?" asks Nathanael.  We have never seen each other before.  "I saw you under the fig tree," John 1:48--- in the deepest sense, the Messiah was there as Nathanael prayed and thought and wondered in his backyard under the fig tree.  There was an actual "Messianic Presence" in his inmost thoughts and yours too.  

I have to say the same.  As a Catholic schoolgirl for 12 years from 1956-1968, we went to Mass every single day Monday through Friday and every Sunday.  Sacred Heart of Jesus Church. 3200 Canal Street.  New Orleans. The presence of God was there for me in my innermost thoughts as I walked through the iron picketed fence protecting the shotgun house on Palmyra Street every day and scurried one block to Catholic school.  He was there. That was my fig tree and he heard all the heavy-weighing anxieties of my heart as I lived in fear of my mentally ill brother.  He saw my tremulous hopes for my life.  He answered all of my deep pleadings to be safe and sane. All those times I stood with my hand on the front doorknob of my living room waiting to escape and run to Colleen's house. A Messianic Presence waiting with me. The built-in sliding pocket doors separating the rooms. A Messianic Presence standing there. I would not know that Messianic presence personally until 1972.

But God knew me and loved me from the Beginning of the world. "In the beginning was the Word. Without Him was not anything made that has been made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men." John 1:1-4 One philosopher said that these verses are "worthy to be written in letters of gold."  

PHOTO:  A Mom & Dad's heart for their child. Take courage. Our son hits a milestone. Britt's graduation from UT.  May 2010.  Admiral McRaven speaks and writes a book from his speech. Keep on praying with courage.