Persistent Faith and Prayer

I was led to read Luke 18 about the parable of the persistent widow whom Jesus told to His disciples about that they should always pray and not give up.  More and more, as we hear of calamites and perplexities in our midst (and in life), we realize that we really do not have answers to many of these problems. People around us are asking for global or world peace and circumstances around us are getting incredibly complex – which leaders and governmental authorities do not even have answers for. Just prayed for a young girl at Eunos MRT station tonight and she was sharing that she needed world peace and she chose to dress like a guy to dance in some Soka association to forget all her sorrows. Can you imagine the deception, lies and loneliness of the world today?

 

And in Luke 21, Jesus gives us a clear description of what is to come and what we should be expecting and not be alarmed … False prophets, wars and revolutions, great earthquakes (Japan, Indonesia etc), famines, pestilences in various places (bird flu, dengue fever?) and fearful events that are happening (freak accidents, buses on fire suddenly)? Or severe persecutions, betrayal by parents, brothers, relatives and friends, signs in the sun, moon and stars; On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea? Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world and even the people of God being shaken?

 

Commodities like gold, stocks and shares etc are not going to save us in these situations. Sadly, there are no answers to life’s problems and minds are going to get more boggled (if there is such an expression..) and hearts are going to fail gravely. Do you know what will keep us?

 

Only the FAITH and the PRAYER of God’s people will begin to bring us through and help us to ride these waves of adversities. In vs 28. When we begin to see these things taking place, (which we are already beginning to see certain signs), we are to STAND UP and LIFT UP OUR HEADS because our REDEMPTION DRAWS NEAR.

 

In vs 36 BE ALWAYS ON THE WATCH AND PRAY THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ESCAPE ALL THAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN, AND THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO STAND BEFORE THE SON OF MAN.

 

I felt that God is bringing us through a process of faith where He is commissioning us to PRAY persistently with great tenacity to press in and seek the face of God in all situations and spend time talking to Him – whether in whispers, wailing, groans, tears for food or even in words that are inexpressible. We need to come to the end of ourselves and cry out desperately for God so that it will be the beginning of God to answer and break down arguments, strongholds, unbelief and fear.

 

I want to be counted faithful in FAITH and in PRAYER in these Last Days that we are living in!!