Praying Together

3/2/1999

“If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses?” (Jer. 12:5). If running on a treadmill or training is boring to you, how will you be of any use when it is time to run down the highway to get help for others whose lives are in danger??!! How far can adrenaline take you if you have not trained and disciplined yourself for months or years previous to the life and death critical moment? LIKEWISE, if we believe we will be able to be persuasive with God and be close enough to Him to hear His Voice, and for Him to hear ours, at a LIFE AND DEATH MOMENT, we had better TRAIN NOW! When it is time for us to save the lives spiritually or physically of our children or our friends—by persuading the Father to intervene, we had better have disciplined ourselves to pray aggressively daily, OFTEN WITH OTHERS, about other “less important” matters. If we won’t pray often now, we are kidding ourselves about being able to gain His ear when it matters most. We won’t be able to run far and at high speed to save the lives of others, if the discipline of training is not attractive to us now. And we won’t be able to pray fervently, without ceasing, in a REAL way when it matters most if we’re not willing to initiate it, often with others, now! “Exercise yourself unto godliness.” We need to each learn to labor in prayer with others frequently, whether we feel motivated or not. It’s the right thing. Let’s not be “too spiritual” to be willing to do it. Work at it. And persist in it! “Substantial penalty for early withdrawal.” “If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses?” 7:50 p.m.