Hey girls! Just wanted to let you know what the Lord has been doing in my heart this past week.
I have a particular burden that the Lord has given me and it seems to become heavier on my heart with each passing day. There is a particular soul that I am praying for and I have such a deep desire to see them come to know Christ. I have prayed for lots of people who are lost over the years and I have had a real desire to see them saved but never before have I lost sleep, cried during the middle of the day, or actually had an ache in my chest for someone......until now. I have a dear friend who I led to Christ almost a year ago and I really had a desire to see her come to Christ but it was as though the Lord had already assured me she would be saved and even though I shed many tears for her it wasn't quite the same as this person I am burdened for now. I feel that part of the urgency I feel with this soul is that I have been witness to the evil that is all around and I can almost sense satan battling for their soul.
I have been reading my Bible searching for verses that would comfort and encourage me to keep on praying and the first one that comes to mind is Matthew 7:7 "Ask and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you." The greek tense in all three of the following words ask, seek and knock is present...the voice is active and the mood is imperative. It means ask and keep on asking. Seek and keep on seeking. Knock and keep on knocking. Don't stop, don't quit don't even slow down....keep on keeping on. Then the Lord reminded me of Isaiah 59:1 "Behold the Lord's hand is not shortened that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear." And as I mediatated on these verses I began to be encouraged. I know that scripture does not lie....it is a reality! If I keep on asking, seeking and knocking....if I believe that the Lord is able to save then I can take comfort in that. I know that he hears every word I say, every silent prayer I think...He knows! Every tear I cry, every time my knees hit the floor on behalf of this soul....God knows! He is not a high priest that does not care but Hebrews tells me he is touched with the feelings of our infirmities! Hallelujah! But then I remembered another verse and my spirituality was bruised a little. Hebrews 12:1 "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us," It was as if the Lord said, you need to lay aside the weights that are keeping you from praying more for this soul. I just couldn't get it out of my mind.
I don't watch hardly any TV...doesn't interest me. I hardly ever go out with girlfriends. I don't scrapbook anymore. I mean, the only thing I do for "me" on a daily basis is I love to play on Facebook and see what my friends in GA are doing. Facebook was how I reconnected with girlfriends I haven't seen or heard from in 20 years! It has been so much fun looking at the pictures of their children and hearing about what they are doing now...so much fun! I will get on before work in the morning for a minute or two and then at night I will check it as well. One morning while checking my FB it seemed as if the Lord audibly spoke and said, "Do you love that soul you are praying for enough to give up Facebook?", "Why don't you spend the time in prayer that you would spend on Facebook?" Well, my first thought was ...oh, I don't spend that much time on here, this is my only indulgence for me, it isn't doing any harm....but that wasn't the point. The point was did I love FB more...or was I willing to give it up and spend that time praying. I chose to lay aside that weight and pray for the soul I want to be saved. I told the Lord that whether it took 6 days, 6 months or 6 years I would not go back on FB until my first post could be one of praise for this soul coming to know the Jesus I serve. Then I thought of Jeremiah 29:12-13 "Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart." Wow..do you remember when I said I would first check my FB....first thing in the morning....why was I not seeking Him??? I will continue to rid my heart of anything that could be coming between me and my prayers being answered. Jesus could come any moment and I want to take ALL of the people I love with me to heaven....don't you?!! God help us to give you our whole heart.
Please don't think I am saying everyone should abandon their Facebook...lol. No, I'm just sharing with you what God wanted me to do. I'll be honest with you girls, it has been hard not to check my FB...silly...yeah, probably but I'm just being honest. It just really spoke to me that the Lord knows exactly what has our hearts and what is important to us. I just want to prove to Him that this dear, precious soul that I am bringing to his throne room daily is the most important thing to me. And if I know anything about our Lord is that he is compassionate and full of mercy and he honors the sincere actions of obedience and prayers of His people. I know my prayers will be answered and I promise as soon as we have a new family member birthed into the family....I'll let ya know!
Be sensitive to his voice....listen....listen carefully, you just may hear that still small voice calling you.
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