Being someone who strives to be in "constant prayer" [Prayer meaning Communication with the Lord];  I'll explain it simply like this:  when I am not doing anything else, I am either thinking about, talking to or listening for GOD,  I am in Full-Blown AWE over each treasure He shares with me.  Some of the things He shares pertain to me, some to my loved ones, some to random people and my favorites are secrets about Him. 

 

I am NO MORE HOLY OR LOVED OR DESERVING than any of His other creations.  I have simply chosen to yeild and humble myself before Him.  Being Honest, aren't you {parents} more "given" to the child(ren) that is MORE INTERESTED in you ????

 

In fact I yearn for the level of revelation the angels around the throne of GOD have.  The Word tells us they cry "Holy, Holy Holy ...".  With each "Holy" God has revealed another aspect of Himself to them.  To think they've been Praising His Majesty before we can comprehend 'time'.

 

Laying all that out, I would like to share an insight that He has recently showed me, related to a very personal & private event that I had lived through.  Most of you in this new Community do not KNOW me well .... yet.  Time and more posts will fill in the gaps.  A few years ago during a morning service [at church] we had a Praise Service right out of Heaven.  This was NOT uncommon for that church group yet I always cherished those meetings.  The Pastor called a prayer-line for 'everyone who had felt any degree of GOD' to come up and receive an extra dose.  By the time I made it to the front, I was the last one in line.  I have always been harder on myself than I think the devil could be at times.  As I stood there praying and preparing to receive more of GOD, the Pastor made two more declarations that 'only those who had felt GOD during Praise are to be in the line'.  I began to consider that maybe I had NOT felt GOD and that I was cheating.  By the time the Pastor got to me, I was sure I was where I needed to be.  However there was a stall between the young person [just before me] and 'my turn'.  Again the devil is telling me I was NOT to be in line and I was going to be openly 'rebuked' by the man of God.

 

The Pastor took me by the hand and began to walk with me.  [Since my first night at this church, God used this man to Speak into & over my life and I trusted him].  He began commenting on my thoughts of his leading me.  He then injected how God was my leader.  He then called the entire body of that congregation to 'look at me', to 'notice me'.  He told them that I had truly been through hell in my life and that though he knew that much, he didn't really have a complete picture of the depth.  He instructed them, by God, that they would be missing God if they did not begin to pray for my situation ..... earnestly.   He continue to walk with me, my eyes still closed.  He announced that I was going through [entering] the hardest time of my life and that I needed all the prayer I could get. 

 

Having made it across the front of the auditorium, he passed me off to his daughter-in-law telling her to walk me around the entire sanctuary then return me to my seat.  God was soooo strong on me that I could hardly walk.  At that time in my life I was newly going through a 3+ year divorce. 

 

I was laying on my sofa recently as I am currently recovering from a knee surgery.  I had no t.v. or radio on and I was just telling God I love Him and then waiting to hear His reply.  I had that entire event played in my mind.  Because it came out of NOWHERE, I asked God "what?"  He said "Most of My people are faithful to pray when they are instructed to ... or when they feel Me leading them.  Most of them, earnestly pour out their hearts for My will to manifest ... including the person with the need.  However, as soon as a breakthrough is seen, [or sometimes as soon as something is different in their current situation] NEARLY ALL of those individuals STOP praying.  NOT all change or breakthrough in someone's life is a result of the prayer that is being put forth in this season.  When My people stop praying over situations because they feel it is finished [or they feel the victory has been wrought] they give up on achieving My perfect Will, or worse, the answer STOPs manifesting.  MY PEOPLE NEED TO CONTINUE PRAYING FOR SITUATIONS UNTIL I SAY 'IT IS FINISHED' ... 'WELL DONE THOU GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT: .... ENTER THOU INTO THE JOY OF THY LORD' [Matt 25:21]."

 

Only then [waiting on His instruction] can we know His Perfect Will has manifested.  We do not know, nor can be claim to have any insight on such things.  I have found that probably  less than 10% of Prayers that go up, get answered immediately or even soon.  Most involve a time span at least noticable to us.  I can't help but wonder if our time spent in prayer for issues would collectively be less per situation if we stay with each season of prayer until God says "IT IS FINISHED!" ????? and releases us.  Perhaps the term "burden" of prayer came from the fact that we'd stopped praying [pre-maturely] .... then we began [our] battle to make our "blessing manifest!"

 

Just a thought.  I ask the Lord to speak to your needs and continue to teach us all how to yeild ourselves to Him that we all 'may be made rich [in every area] and NO SORROW BE ADDED unto it' [Proverbs 10:22].

 

God [WILL] Bless Our Obedience

Continue to Seek HIS Face