INSPIRATION (Giving direction to your day) - OLA AINA

PRAYER RESPONSE

Text: “And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord...” 2 Chron 20:3-4

This King was faced with one of the greatest challenge of his life. According to him he had no might to face the enemies that had come against him. His initial response was that of fear, but he must have realised that fear will not solve the problem on ground. Fear will rather siphon all the inner strength we need to face the challenge. Thank God he almost immediately changed his response.

1. Set himself to seek the Lord.

2. Proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

3. Gathered them to ask help of the Lord.

This was a prayer response. He did not go about discussing how powerful the enemies were. He did not call the experts or the army generals to strategise. That would have been good, but he knew that the prayer response was better. The enemies were coming with more sophisticated weapons.

The alter of prayer is where we receive divine help over our lives and the issues that confronts us. We can never pray too much but we can pray too little. The more we pray the more we are positioned to put the enemies where they belong. In prayer we are declaring our dependence on God.

Please note that we are not just talking of prayer for the sake of mere praying. We are talking of prayers that secure answers and results. Prayers that get answers are prayers of faith that are based on the word of God. God is only committed to fulfil his word, so our prayers must be based on what is written.

PRAYER:

In the name of Jesus I connect to divine grace for the next level of my life. I declare the abundance of grace as I go out today.

LEARN MORE: Phil 4:6, Heb 4:16