"By his strength he had power with God: yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed...."
Influencing God through Prayer!
Paul said to make our appeals to God through faith and thanksgiving. There are many examples in the Bible of people who had influence with God through prayer, and today we want to talk about this as well.
We call this prevailing prayer, something we can fall back on, when answers from God are not forthcoming.
Let's understand this. According to the Apolistic Faith Magazine, Prayer is the most intimate form of communication between God and His creation, because it is the heart of man communicating with the heart of God. What an amazing definition of prayer!
The word prevail means “to endure, accomplish, triumph or overcome, and have power or influence. A clear example of this is Jacob wrestling with God. Not for a moment do I believe that the night Jacob spent was only on a physical wrestle, I believe it was a spiritual wrestle as well, converting Jacob from form a deceiver to Israel, meaning let God prevail.
That night Jacob prevailed with God, getting His blessings. And so it is even today. Prevailing prayer is not a perfunctory prayer. It can go on for days, cause us a lot of pain and hardship and needs a lot of patience. We have always said that a prayer or conversation with God can be done throughout the day.
Prevailing prayer must be made within the promises of God. We prevail when our entire lives are aligned to the truths of God’s Word. We may want to prevail with God, but unless there is surrender, there can be no victory. Before there can be revival, there must be total submission. If we want to have the fullness of God, we will need to be emptied of everything that crowds out God.
Given the importance of prevailing prayer, we will cover the critical components of it in the next few days. Till then once can start practising.
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