Power Source

I was struck today by a statement I heard from a preacher I listen to most mornings. Now mind you he's not my most favorite preacher. Of course I am married to him. And by the way If you would like to hear Rodney he preaches every Sunday, in Hagerstown.  He is a great deliverer of what the Holy Spirit has placed on his heart. 

Anyway, enough of the advertisement. This preacher, this morning, said there is no power in prayer. Now I have led classes that taught on the power of prayer. I have said things like, isn't prayer amazing"?, or "that happened because of prayer". I know of many, many miraculous things that have happened after prayer took place. So this really stuck in my craw. How can you say there is no power in prayer? 

Then this preacher, who I really do like and appreciate, brought up Christ in the garden. Praying on the night before his trials began, that would lead Him to the cross. He spoke of how tormented Jesus was. So tormented that He sweat blood. Christ was praying that this cup might pass, that maybe God could come up with another way to send redemption for us. Instead God sent an angel to give Jesus comfort and strength. 

Even Christ, did not have enough power in his prayer to change the situation he was about to be in. If Christ, that night couldn't change His situation, how can we change ours? If you listen in on Christ's prayer you might hear the answer...


Luke 22:39-44
: ³⁹ He came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples followed him. ⁴⁰ When he reached the place, he said to them, “Pray that you may not come into the time of trial.”^[g] 41 Then he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed, ⁴² “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me; yet, not my will but yours be done.” [[⁴³ Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and gave him strength.⁴⁴ In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.]]

Did you read it? Did you hear it? He said,"not My will but Yours be done". Jesus knew where the power came from. Even a most earnest prayer from this perfect man could not be answered with out His Father, God.

So how can any of us think that our willingness to pray be all that there is. We have faith in our God. But do we understand that He is the one who lifts our voice and thoughts to Him and cares enough to turn them into answers? 

Sometimes He gives answers we really wish would be different. Look at how a scared Christ still had to go through Calvary for us. Praise Be! So there will be times we don't understand what God, our source of everything, is doing, but as time goes on, we will. Look at Easter!!

What is wonderful though is that we do have the ability to use our voice to turn to the one who gives the power to our prayers.

Happy Praying!!

Blessings!