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Powerful Prayer: Prayer that whispers inHis Ear
By: lastdayschristians Date: November 22, 2012, 10:28 am
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I have often watched on television as the
President's wife leans over and whispers
something in the President's ear at some
dinner or event. You will see him nod or
smile and you kind of wonder what that
was all about. I'd love to be a little bird flying by who
overhears some of those
private conversations. It's quite
something to have the President's ear.
Think about it. The President of the
United States is the most powerful leader
on earth and if you have his ear it means you have tremendous
influence with
power. If you said; "Please meet this
person" or "I'd like you to consider this
program" he most certainly would agree
to it. But there is One who's ear I would a
thousand times rather have near enough
to whisper to and that is God Almighty
who created heaven and earth and who
holds ALL power in his hands. The
remarkable thing is that this is possible. We can actually be on
such an intimate
basis with the Lord that we can lean over
and whisper in his ear. This type of
intimacy is worth pursuing.
Mary, the mother of Jesus had such a
relationship with her son and there is a
beautiful picture of it presented in the
scripture. They were at a wedding
together. Mary somehow found out the
hosts had run out of wine. Understanding how embarrassing this
would be for them
she wanted to help and she knew who to
turn to. She said very simply to Jesus;
"They have no wine." She didn't offer the
solution; only the problem. When we give
a problem to someone very powerful that's how it is. We realize
we aren't the
one who can solve the thing. It is enough
that we are whispering the problem in
the ear of one who can. Jesus didn't come right back with; "I'm
on
it Mother, say no more." In a way, he sort
of teased her; "Woman, what does your
concern have to do with Me? My hour has
not yet come." But Mary knew she had her
son's heart so she simply said to the servants; "Whatever he
says to you, do
it." (John 2:1-11) There was no doubt in
her mind that Jesus would somehow
provide more wine. And he did. He turned
six stone pots filled with water into wine
that was far superior to the wine they had served in the
beginning. This story of the wedding feast at Cana is
told many times to accentuate the
miracle of turning water into wine. I
think it is significant to remember that
this miracle started with a simple request
by someone very dear and intimate with the Lord. Someone who had
his ear.
Wouldn't you like to have his ear? We can
develop such intimacy with him.
The more time we spend with him the
more our eyes will be open to every
nuance of his personality: his power, his
graciousness, his kindness, his love. If
knowing him is the highest priority we
have in our life he will not push us away but will draw us in
ever closer. He longs to
have us close enough that we can whisper
in his ear. It seems to me that prayer born
out of this intimacy is the most powerful
sort. It is the kind that can move
mountains and produce the most impossible kind of miracles. If
you are
looking for powerful prayer, look no
further.
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