In the Audience Chamber with God

On the same vein of thought as I shared yesterday, I often feel overwhelmed over different mountains that I face; maybe a loved one that I'm praying will be converted, but seems to be walking deeper into doubt and unbelief, or maybe over a very large roadblock to the ministry going forward. There are many LARGE seemingly unsurmountable obstacles that I face, and we all face, in the Christian life. But I must remind myself again and again that it doesn't matter the size of the mountain, or the difficult circumstances that stand before us or our loved ones. What matters is that we serve the God of the impossible! So my focus is not on the difficulty or the largeness or complexity of the issues at hand, but on God. 

We must keep praying, keep persevering…even when we don't see immediate answers to our prayers. God is working and He will do a greater work if we hold on to Him!

"The greatest victories gained for the cause of God are not the result of labored argument, ample facilities, wide influence, or abundance of means; they are gained in the audience chamber with God, when with earnest, agonizing faith men lay hold upon the mighty arm of power.

True faith and true prayer—how strong they are! They are as two arms by which the human suppliant lays hold upon the power of Infinite Love. Faith is trusting in God,—believing that He loves us, and knows what is for our best good. Thus, instead of our own way, it leads us to choose His way. In place of our ignorance, it accepts His wisdom; in place of our weakness, His strength; in place of our sinfulness, His righteousness. Our lives, ourselves, are already His; faith acknowledges His ownership, and accepts its blessings. Truth, uprightness, purity, are pointed out as secrets of life’s success. It is faith that puts us in possession of these. Every good impulse or aspiration is the gift of God; faith receives from God the life that alone can produce true growth and efficiency." Gospel Worker, p. 259

Review:

• Bible Thought: Even though small and insignificant and apparently helpless, we can have HOPE for we serve a great God!
• Blessing: So thankful for the many daily answers to prayer God has been bringing! It appears that the family of skunks that had moved under my cabin have, of their own free accord, moved away! ;-)))
• Battles: I must keep consistently taking the time I need with God each day.