There are times that the sin of our flesh, the attacks of the devil, and the concerns of the things in our lives can cast our outlook on life down to the ground! At times it seems like the same stuff, but a different day! So, what do we do when our emotional man and our spiritual man are at odds with each other? The bible tells us to “lift up our eyes!” So, how do we “lift up our eyes” when our emotions seem to be running on sight rather than on faith? We can turn to God in unhurried, consistent, secret lingering, with Him in prayer! As Jesus was going to the Mount of Olives, He said to His disciples in Luke 22:40: “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.” Then, knowing that He would soon be going to the cross with so much agony in His mind and on His heart, in verse 41 the bible says, “ And He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and prayed.” This tells us that if God in the flesh, “Jesus,” had to withdraw to be with the Father in His time of deep agony, what about you and me! The scripture goes on to say that while Jesus was praying in His time of deep agony, his disciples fell asleep on Him! This tells us that people around us at times are clueless to the trials of our hearts and the despair that we feel. Sadly, many times as Christian’s, we do the same thing to one another! I have been clueless at times of others heartaches, even of those who are the closest to me. That’s why it is so important for us individually to lift up our eyes to the hills-where does our help come from? Our help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1. It’s great to know that God isn’t clueless when it comes to our needs! He will guide us, He will help us, He will heal us, and He will do what only He “can” do to make us whole again and to complete the work He started in you and me! Philippians 1:6. So, when we are down on ourselves for one thing or another, “look up”! For as one Christian store owner said to me about two months ago, “Fear Not Tomorrow…For God Is Already There!” Please Lord help me to remember this! Amen.
The Mission for Prayer For The Harvest Ministries is to encourage and assist the body of Christ corporately and in their personal lives to come back to our first love, Jesus Christ, through the teaching of God’s Word and the literal doing of crying out to God in prayer. Psalm 127:1 "Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain."
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