The Very Thing I Prayed For...

​The Very Thing I Prayed For…
Job 1
Job is a nation. He is a father, a good praying father whom the Lord desires to exalt greatly. He needs improvement. He wants to take him higher heights and deeper depths. The basis of his relationship was prayer. He gives it such meaning to pray and hear from the Lord. He’s righteous and yet the family heritage he has doesn’t line up with the Word just yet. The Word says that a good tree brings forth good fruit (Matt 7:17). The fear of the Lord isn’t there amongst his children. They’ve taken advantage of the Grace…they seem to be like those with the character of man ungrateful, unholy, and fulfilling the lusts of the flesh. A question of loyalty and faithfulness is how this starts. His wife thinks he’s crazy. His friends think he has sinned a great sin and He’s lost nearly everything. Seemed like the wrath and fury of the Lord has come upon him. There’s nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, and no one to call. The Lord had allowed the enemy to have his way. He took away what he prayed for, his family, The Lord was done hearing repetitive prayers for children who didn’t have their heart set toward righteousness. What do you pray for now? What do you say to the Lord who has allowed the enemy to wreak havoc as you sit and drain blisters wondering why and yet still loving the Holy Word? Friends sit and talk shooting what knowledge they have of God about what they think they know about what the Lord will and won’t do. They reason among themselves but does anyone say a prayer for Job that he gets a revelation through this crisis? What is the Lord wanting to show me? Surrender more? Humble myself more? He had to get a backbone and be more of a head of his household than he was before to put reverent fear among his family that the Lord will soon bless him with. He has to give account to the Lord. The Lord comes in a whirlwind. We learn that prayers much change. They must be lined up with the will of Christ. Each day is not just business as usual but as we watch and pray we must seek for what the Lord wants to do. Learn that in Christ all things are possible, nothing should be shock and awe. He is able! The fruit changed, not just in a natural way but in an everlasting way. He had been given a new heritage that lined up with the will and purpose of Christ. Is there something or someone you’ve been praying for that seems to have been taken away?

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