JENNIFER EIVAZ | JENNIFEREIVAZBLOG.COM | 6/21/2016
In homes, parks, churches, and auditoriums there continues to be diligent gatherings of elite kingdom forces. They’ve engaged in what I believe is the first priority of the church – they are praying Isaiah 56:7:
Even them I will bring to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burn offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on My altar; For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.
The Holy Spirit has lit the fuse of intercession and is turning up the flames. Before there ever is a revival, there is always an intercessor. Worldwide harvest is on His mind, and the harvest of souls always begins with prayer. The Holy Spirit is releasing the “war cry of prayer” (Is. 42:13)! He will prevail against His enemies and loose their captives.
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Over the years, I’ve spent hours praying with intercessors. It’s refreshing to pray with seasoned intercessors, but I’m usually praying with those still learning to find their sword in prayer. Prayer is something you learn. It doesn’t come easily to most people. And because of the governmental nature of prayer – namely that we rule our own world and the entire world from our knees – I’ve had a strong need to communicate a few points of order AND to stir up your faith to expect an answer when you pray.
God is Waiting on Us to Pray
The disciples asked Jesus, “Lord, teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1). Jesus complied giving them point-by-point instructions in prayer, also known as the Lord’s Prayer, to get them started. As part of His instruction, He taught the disciples to pray for the will of God to be done: This, then, is how you should pray: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven… ” (see Matthew 6:10-15).
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This teaching for the disciples is also a teaching for us. We, too, need to pray and we need to pray for God’s will to be done.
The prophet Elijah demonstrated this concept well. The Lord told Elijah He was going to end a three-year drought in Israel and send rain on the land (see I Kings 18). But Elijah did not leave things there. Instead, he climbed to the top of Mount Carmel and postured himself in prayer (see v. 42). Even though Elijah knew what God wanted, he still prayed for it to happen. As he anticipated, it soon began to rain and God’s will was being done on earth as it is in heaven.
Unless we pray for God’s will to be done, it simply isn’t done. By God’s own design, He has limited Himself to the faith of His church. We have more influence with God than we think, but God is waiting on us to pray.
Pray the Will of God
It fascinates me that when something bad happens in our nation that we presume it’s the judgment of God, but when something bad happens to us personally we presume it’s a demonic attack. This is the double standard that we often live by! We don’t discern what God authors or doesn’t author when we don’t know His heart or His Word.
Let’s go to the written Word to lay this down more firmly. First of all, God so loved the world that He died for it (John 3:16). If He died for the world, then He’s not killing off the world in unbridled judgment because He’s not double-minded. There is a judgment day coming, but that day is not today (Acts 17:31). Nevertheless, the world suffers terribly for its choices against God! It suffers hardship, death, abuse, disease, and even worse because it’s source for living is the kingdom of darkness, a kingdom that can only offer death and sorrow.
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