For those of you that know me well you know that my heart is in prayer. I believe the Lord is calling for and raising up a great army of individuals that will pray out His will as it relates the world and the times we are living in. We must pray! God allows us as believers to give birth to the will of God on the earth, and this all happens in the posture of prayer. Prayer is not only the place where we tell God all our problems, but also the place that God has ordained for His people to receive his thoughts, plans, and insight concerning various situations on the earth. We should be receiving just as much we are talking in prayer. When we pray we should position our hearts first to seek out the will of God concerning situations and then pray that through. It is impossible for us to assess things that are happening from a carnal perspective and try to pray for them spiritually. IT DOESN'T MIX. We must learn to pray in the Spirit and by the Spirit of God. Prayer in the Spirit of God opens us up for great manifestations to experience God and his supernatural power. Once we avail ourselves to pray in a higher place then we will begin to see the manifestations of what we have inquired and sought the Lord out for in greater way. Have you ever wondered why some of things you prayed for never came forth, many times the answer is simply in the fact that what you probably was praying for wasn't an unction of the Spirit of God, or even his will. This is a common occurrence, especially when we allow emotions and personal thoughts and feelings to alter how we pray. I am so guilty of praying my own thoughts with out the unction of the spirit to where it is not even funny. I have gone in to prayer praying my own agenda leaving out of prayer hoarse, thirsty and tired with absolutely know results. So now I have learned to seek the Lord first and pray his heart and I see great manifestations of His power when I pray. It’s a beautiful thing! :-)
Now, this Isaiah 55 passage has really been ministering to my spirit. It has for a while now. For those of you who read my note concerning waiting, you have already read one revelation that the Lord gave me concerning this passage, but the Lord has ministered to me yet again concerning that passage especially as it relates to praying the word of God. It says,
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. 9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 As the rain and the snow come down from heaven,
and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it."
In verse 8 and 9 it talks about how God's thoughts aren't the same as ours. We think from a finite perspective and the Lord’s mind is infinite. This means that his thoughts supersede those of human beings. However, the cool thing is that he has thoughts. The Lord has thoughts concerning everything that is happening in the world. He has strategies, and plans but the problem is that most of His people simply don't ask Him. When we pray we are actually able to access his plans and thoughts. He has a thought concerning your idea, business, job, family, city, state, and overall life. All we have to do is just seek him and ask. As believers in Christ we can go the Lord with boldness and request of him according to Hebrew 4:16. Begin seeking out his thoughts when you pray and watch how the Lord response to you. If the body of Christ would pray in this dimension, we would be the most sought after people and all facets of life. Believers would be looked at as resources concerning the world and its issues.
Verse 10-11 is what has truly ministered to me concerning praying the WORD of God. This verse talks about how rain and snow comes from heaven and waters the earth and it compares the word of God to this phenomenon. The Lord speaks His word from heaven and it comes down to the earth to produce. Rain comes down and as a result we see the earth nourished, when there is no rain there is know produce and all vegetation dies. So is it with the word of God. The Lord speaks and it brings forth a harvest. This verse closes by stating that his word shall not return to him empty but it shall accomplish everything that it was intended.
Concerning praying the word of God, we must first inquire of the Lord what his word is concerning whatever the situation is. His thoughts are to prosper us and so his word is to prosper us as well. Even if His word and thoughts are to place in uneasy situations for seasons it is still to bring forth a great harvest for our lives. When you pray, according to this scripture and pray in God's word concerning your prayer request. For example if you are praying for a love one that is wayward, pray like this, "Father I thank you for your word concerning Joe and that your word in him shall not return to you void, so I pray that your word for him manifest in his life and that he walks in your divine will according to your word." God's is faithful to what he speaks and His word is the force that is still holding our very existence, because through his word everything was created. When you pray in the word of God you are also praying in the creative nature of God concerning your prayer request or assignment. Everything that you desire in life shall be manifested according the word of God. At his word is shall spring forth.
As I close this note I am compelled to say that we must posture our hearts different as it relates to our prayer lives. We must pray higher. You may ask Robert how? How do I pray higher or deeper? The way that we do this is by not trying to pray from where we understand. Don't be afraid to be launched into things that might seem to be different. One of my prayer mentors, Lucy McKee, states that the must pray from our heart. Stay true to the leading of the spirit and you will pray according to the will of God. God has placed various issues on your heart and it is your assignment to pray them through. God wants to speak to you expressively and inform of his heart concerning what his placed on your heart. Our thoughts aren’t like God and neither is our wisdom. The bible states in 1 Corinthians 1 that God uses the foolish things of this world to confound the wise. That which we see as wise or profound is nothing to the depth of God. Seek him and receive his mind as a result we will have the thoughts of heaven that surpasses the thoughts of earth. Be ye transformed by the renewing of your minds!
blessings,
Robert Randolph Rush III
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