God has surely listened and has heard my prayer.
– Psalm 66:19
I have some friends who is at
the end of the rope. Have tugged and choked and squeezed out all the faith they
have. And still trying to trust in God despite the agony of the situation.
Physical pain has a way of getting our full attention. They have prayed and prayed
and prayed and tried to do everything they’ve been told to do. Still … the
pain.
It’s hard to connect with
people in this situation. It’s hard to know what to say. For we surely don’t
have any good answers either. I mean, if the doctors don’t know –
But we have a Brother, Who
knows the depth of such pain. Ongoing, strangling pain. And I’m not sure that
His knowing His pain was for a good cause helped Him – in the midst of the
actual minute after agonizing minute of hanging by nails on a cross. We know He
suffered. Unimaginable pain. We know people who have to do the same. Like Him,
they have to bear it.
This is where prayer is so desperately
needed. Because pain can clog your brain, causing you to focus not on what you
know and believe. It’s the ultimate distraction. And can render a person
helpless in praying to God for healing and comfort.
WE NEED TO PRAY. We need to
be the ones to carry the burden to the Lord on their behalf. Please do it.
Please pray for someone today. They have run out of words. They are becoming
shaken and losing their grip. Your prayer does indeed stand in the gap for
someone. God hears you. God listens. God cares.
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