Praying
everywhere should reach to the ends of the earth. I cannot pray in every corner
of the earth. I would have difficulty prayer walking in a Muslim village in
North Africa. There are places in East and Central Asia that few of us will
ever go. But I can be there in prayer as I pray for those God has sent. Joining
the prayer team for a people group in West Africa might open my heart for God
to send me there. But even if that is not God’s
plan I can pray there in the Spirit.
AM I ASKING?
By
David Young
PSALM
2:7,8
I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me,
"You are my Son; today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will make the
nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.
It is hard to sit among those
content with the comfortable mundane
And say out loud, “I am
God-endowed with a mission to fulfill.”
It is a step of faith to
stand unflinching and to all proclaim,
“I hear His call, despite it
all. I know; I have been shown God’s will.
I have a vision of distant
lands and people beyond the seas.”
He’s not forgotten His Only
Begotten, and He’s shown His will to me.
He told me, too, “You are my
son! Today I gave you heaven’s birth.
My precious one, to know I Am
will be your inheritance and wealth.”
The Firstborn of many chosen
brothers shares His holy worth.
Like the Father’s promised
only Son, He holds me to Himself.
He is the Vine and I’m a
branch on the heavenly family tree.
He’s not forgotten His Only
Begotten, and He keeps His hold on me.
So will I ask for healing,
wealth or some other selfish blessing?
For temporal toys and shallow
joys, and maybe a nice vacation?
The ends of the earth are
promised to me, given for my possessing.
He tells me, “You are mine;
ask me for the distant teeming nations.”
They can be ours to know and
love and tell as far as God can see.
He’s not forgotten His Only
Begotten, and He will answer me.
Have I prayed for the Berbers
and the Bora, the Jula, or the Han?
Will I ask for Madagascar,
Persia, or the isles of the Coral Sea?
I can seek Him for the
nations, Africa, Asia and far beyond.
I can pray and preach and go
out and teach as far as I will believe.
He’s not forgotten His Only
Begotten, and He has promised me.
I am fairly certain that this was written for me. I REALLY needed this. Definitely filled my spirit. Here is what sticks with me, what the Spirit opened my eyes widely to:
ReplyDelete"as far as I will believe."
I am noting it in my journal.
Many blessings to you!!
Cherie