I am livin’ the answered-prayer life!
Why is that news to me?!
At the Monday morning breakfast table the kids prayed Romans 1:12:
“Father, please bring strong believers into my life that we
may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.”
And as they said that prayer, the faint echo of my own voice saying that same prayer exited my memory with such force, a gasp escaped my throat. Faces flashed across my closed lids of all those the Lord has used in answer to that very prayer in my life.
I’m livin’ it! That is now my reality…the prayer has become my life!
It was an “Ah-Ha!” moment. My heart leaped for such joy when it became so perfectly clear to me that I was livin’ the life…
Livin’ the life of answered prayer.
I have often commented over the years that I firmly believe God is still answering my grandmother’s prayers. Prayers uttered on my behalf years and years ago are still being answered. (Just as I hope the prayers for my kids and unborn grands will be long after my departure from this life.)
The verses I’ve prayed that God has answered flood like a torrent. Too many to be explored this late hour of the night. My mind wanders back over prayers…so very many prayers…
Prayers from Scripture…
The prayers of Jesus…
Prayers in the Bible for the saints and the Church…
Prayers of my own…
Prayers of another
Aren’t we recipients of the fruit of Jesus’ prayers for unbelievers and believers? Those recorded in the Bible and otherwise?
And He continues to intercede for us.
The moment you realize you’re livin’ the answer to a prayer once prayed, is a moment like no other. I will definitely have to revisit this thought and dig a bit deeper that I might give more adequate thanks and praise to our God of Wonder.
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Thank you for sharing your heart.