After Elijah prayed during the showdown with the prophets of Baal, God showed up and consumed the offering with fire…the response. “And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, ‘The Lord, he is God; The Lord, he is God.'” (1 Kings 18:39)
When we pray for God to be glorified and our hearts are pure and when that is truly our desire…God will send down an exhibition of his power and people will have no other option but to declare, “The Lord, he is God.”
I realized this week that I have been praying wrong. I have been praying for my ministry. I have been praying for my students and I have been praying for my church. However, if I am honest my motives were not to allow the glory of God to grow but for my ministry to grow. If my ministry grows it validates my calling, my value and my talent. Motives matter. My prayers need to shift. I need to be praying for God to be glorified and in such a way that all people will look on in awe not of my leadership but of Gods power.
You see, simple fact of the matter is that Jesus is Lord. There really is no debate. He is. He may not be YOUR Lord but he is Lord. One day no matter if you fly a rainbow, rebel, isis or American flag…one day you will lay it down and bow before the feet of Jesus. The Psalms state that he WILL be exalted among the heathen and the earth.
Jesus is Lord. It helps to say it. It really helps to mean it.
My prayer is changing. May my prayers bring down the power of God so that HE may be known. Not ME but HE.
Whatcha think?
Sean Rheaume 