5:30
My brother Travis is having some personal trouble lately. I have been praying for this man for years, and over the last few weeks my prayers have felt "different". Usually I feel like I'm praying against a brick wall, but recently I started picturing Travis looking at God and saying, "Hey, that's not so bad!" as he looked at Jesus and saw how cool He is.
Things have changed for him recently, and he's going through a rought time. I've felt great about this, because I believe God will finally have him. And today, for the first time, I was surprised to feel in my heart as I talked to the Lord that Travis will definitely be saved. And I got the time 5:30, although I'm not sure if that is for me or Travis, or what it is for yet. But this is a big thing.
There is a verse in the Bible that I would like to share with you. Romans 4:18. It is speaking of Abraham, and God revealed to me an aspect of the kingdom and faith that many people don't latch on to.
"Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. "
Read that again. Carefully. "Who AGAINST hope, BELIEVED in hope!" Abraham had no hope. He DIDN'T "feel" it! But He BELIEVED that God could do all things, and so prayed and believed against that brick wall before him. And as he did, that brick wall started to crack, and eventually the dam gave way to an outpouring of God's love and mercy so extravagent that we are still talking about it to this day. Don't get me wrong, it was all God. His will, His desire, His mercy. But Abraham pushed in against hopelessness. AGAINST HOPELESSNESS.
Have you found yourself in a situation where you didn't believe even prayer or God could come through? Do you know somebody that when you pray for, you just can't find any feeling in your heart that they will ever be saved?
Break that wall. Push in until God honors your faith and smashes that wall for you. He loves it!! He honors it, and He is searching this earth for a person who will believe against hopelessness so that he can make them the father (or mother) of many nations. That is you! That is your destiny!! Will you grab onto it?!
Things have changed for him recently, and he's going through a rought time. I've felt great about this, because I believe God will finally have him. And today, for the first time, I was surprised to feel in my heart as I talked to the Lord that Travis will definitely be saved. And I got the time 5:30, although I'm not sure if that is for me or Travis, or what it is for yet. But this is a big thing.
There is a verse in the Bible that I would like to share with you. Romans 4:18. It is speaking of Abraham, and God revealed to me an aspect of the kingdom and faith that many people don't latch on to.
"Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. "
Read that again. Carefully. "Who AGAINST hope, BELIEVED in hope!" Abraham had no hope. He DIDN'T "feel" it! But He BELIEVED that God could do all things, and so prayed and believed against that brick wall before him. And as he did, that brick wall started to crack, and eventually the dam gave way to an outpouring of God's love and mercy so extravagent that we are still talking about it to this day. Don't get me wrong, it was all God. His will, His desire, His mercy. But Abraham pushed in against hopelessness. AGAINST HOPELESSNESS.
Have you found yourself in a situation where you didn't believe even prayer or God could come through? Do you know somebody that when you pray for, you just can't find any feeling in your heart that they will ever be saved?
Break that wall. Push in until God honors your faith and smashes that wall for you. He loves it!! He honors it, and He is searching this earth for a person who will believe against hopelessness so that he can make them the father (or mother) of many nations. That is you! That is your destiny!! Will you grab onto it?!
posted by Justin at
12:45 PM
2 Comments:
AWESOME! Thanks for sharing this Justin....it has so many implications. I have always kind of vaguely felt that's what God wanted me to do in various situations....whether I felt anything or not, to pray anyway, but it always felt like legalism then, just trying to "make" God do what I want by superficially going through the motions but not really meaning it. Now this makes sense! He DOES want me to do it anyway, simply out of devotion to Him, not out of feelings. Yet another facet of this whole thing He's been revealing to me this week. Wonderful stuff! :)
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Anonymous, at 10:58 PM
oh yeah, forgot the second part of my comment....that is exciting about Travis too!!! :)
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