As painful as this is to write,I feel led to.When we are led to pray and believe for someone,we expect those prayers to not only be heard,but answered as we expect! But once in a while,something we have believed in, goes horribly wrong!
We all remember our good friend Moses standing in the Gap for the children of Israel( Psalm 106:23)(Ezekiel 22:30) And when we strongly believe we have been led to do the same for another,well we expect the same results as well!
LONG!!! STORY short!! a man had fallen down a long flight of stairs,he was not a believer,after much prayer by not only me, but our Church as well! We were standing in the gap for this man. He was in intensive care.
Day 1 Holy Spirit led us, we believed he did anyway. To pray for this man,prayer was being offered up according to God's Holy Word,you name the healing scripture,we confessed it!! all of us did!
We believed so much so,that someone was praying for this man in our Church around the clock!( psalm 25:5)David prayed all day at times,and we prayed day and night! Day 2 a woman came to visit the man,she laid hands on him,and he began to shake all over,this sure seemed as if what indeed we were believing our Jesus for had come to pass.
Notice i said had,faith is fact,isn't it?( heb 11:1-2 sure says that it is!) So we are now looking for the approval that goes with our faith! Day 3 I had been speaking to his wife and 2 children all this time,giving comfort,and assurance of what we hoped for. The man passed away!
The lady said thanks to your God and your faith ,you have killed my husband! These words were as if someone had ripped me open like a Christmas turkey! I threw my Bible in the trash! I left Jesus for 8 years because of this,I of course prayed and fasted to find what did I do wrong?? Finally after 8 years the Lord once again came my way.May this bring comfort to you!!
1st Deut 29:29 next 2 Cor 12:9-10! Prayer is not ever wrong!!In fact to me,if one does not pray I believe this to be a sin!!( 1 Samuel 12:23-25) Notice something here please. verse 25 pride is wicked.( proverbs 16:17-18) At the start our Church was serving Jesus,but something happened to all of us,we looked to make Jesus our servant!
We looked to switch the role! Jesus!! do this,Jesus do that!! And I am thankful you always do!HUMM!! We judge the Lord??? I learned the hard way,as many of us did. Now then the devil comes in to play!!( eph 4:27) Our mind is numb by the blow,and the enemy is all to happy to help our misery! I let him to!
After some time repenting and coming back to SERVE,Holy Spirit spoke through a brother at the Church. "The part you have,is the part you believe you know!( 1 Cor 13:12) but even the part you believe you know,can have darkness in it".What is known,is that we all will be tested! will we run like the disciples did?( mat 26:56)? OR, will we have the attitude of Shadrach,Meshach and Abednego ( Daniel 3:who said!!" Dan 3:17-18 If it be so,OUR GOD whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire;and HE WILL deliver us out of your hand oh King.verse 18!!! BUT!!! EVEN IF HE DOES NOT!!! Let it be known to you O King,that we ARE NOT going to serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.
That my brothers and sister is my STAND!! As Jesus LOVES each and everyone of you!! Let your stand be this as well!! We go through this( 1 peter 1:6-9) to understand this!!( 1 Peter 3:15-17!!) As tough as this was for me to write to you all,I hope,that all of you, never! ever! have to ever go through such a test! But if you do!! Then let this bring you peace!! ( john 14:27) and rest in this!!Blessing all!