December 16: Wrestling Before God
Today in My Utmost for His Highest: http://www.myutmost.org/12/1216.html
Dear Jesus, There is more that I should be getting from this lesson, isn't there. I can just feel that there are layers of understanding, and I'm hungry to know all there is about this type of intercession. Please help me and the children of my heart be able to hear the instruction of the Holy Spirit so we can learn exactly what it means to wrestle before You and exactly how to avoid wrestling with You. So much depends upon us being good disciples and learning the intricacies of proper praying so we don't become "a hirpler in Your ways." I had to look up that word, and it means "one who hobbles." God forbid that any of us should ever do anything that would bind Your perfect will!
The huge impact of these words were particularly jarring: "If... I am not complete in Christ, I may pray but it avails nothing; but if I am complete in Christ my prayer prevails all the time." Oh, Jesus!! The responsibility of that concept is staggering. No matter how many people that I may pray for each day, nor how pressing their needs, if I am not completely in a right relationship with You, my prayers are just flimsy words and do nothing to help my loved ones!!!
Therefore, I earnestly pray for us all to determine to put on the whole armor of God as You've instructed us in Ephesians 6:12-18. Let us all examine ourselves to make sure we are making every effort to be:
-truthful, even when our society encourages deception (v.14)
-righteous, which means obeying You and denying ourselves (v.14)
-ready for anything because we have absorbed the gospel of peace (v. 15)
-full of faith, trusting You without reservations (v. 16)
-saved, having repented of our sins and made You the Lord of our lives (v. 17)
-immersed in the study of Your Word, our only offensive weapon against the forces of evil in this world (v. 17)
-constantly praying in harmony and in conjunction with the Holy Spirit (v.18)
Dear Jesus, There is more that I should be getting from this lesson, isn't there. I can just feel that there are layers of understanding, and I'm hungry to know all there is about this type of intercession. Please help me and the children of my heart be able to hear the instruction of the Holy Spirit so we can learn exactly what it means to wrestle before You and exactly how to avoid wrestling with You. So much depends upon us being good disciples and learning the intricacies of proper praying so we don't become "a hirpler in Your ways." I had to look up that word, and it means "one who hobbles." God forbid that any of us should ever do anything that would bind Your perfect will!
The huge impact of these words were particularly jarring: "If... I am not complete in Christ, I may pray but it avails nothing; but if I am complete in Christ my prayer prevails all the time." Oh, Jesus!! The responsibility of that concept is staggering. No matter how many people that I may pray for each day, nor how pressing their needs, if I am not completely in a right relationship with You, my prayers are just flimsy words and do nothing to help my loved ones!!!
Therefore, I earnestly pray for us all to determine to put on the whole armor of God as You've instructed us in Ephesians 6:12-18. Let us all examine ourselves to make sure we are making every effort to be:
-truthful, even when our society encourages deception (v.14)
-righteous, which means obeying You and denying ourselves (v.14)
-ready for anything because we have absorbed the gospel of peace (v. 15)
-full of faith, trusting You without reservations (v. 16)
-saved, having repented of our sins and made You the Lord of our lives (v. 17)
-immersed in the study of Your Word, our only offensive weapon against the forces of evil in this world (v. 17)
-constantly praying in harmony and in conjunction with the Holy Spirit (v.18)
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