Sunday, March 29, 2020

BECAUSE OF YOUR WORDS


PRAYER JOURNAL 3/29/2020

Daniel 10:12 Do not fear, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard; and I have come because of your words.

Daniel, a special man of Faith; although he was taken into captivity at a young age, threatened with death if he could not interpret the King’s dreams, witnessed his friends thrown into a fiery furnace for refusing to worship the King’s image and even thrown into a den of Lions for praying daily, he never lost sight of his purpose.

In Chapter 10, we are told that a “message” was revealed to Daniel that disturbed him so much that he went into mourning.  His spirit was so troubled by the things that were to come that he had to set aside food, drink and even taking care of his personal needs for 21 days to seek God.

For the full 21 days, the scripture does not report that God spoke anything else to Daniel.  How many of us could fast and pray for 21 hours without hearing or feeling God speaking to us?  But Daniel continued because he and God had a history.  He understood that God had given him the “message” in the first place, God was and always had been faithful and God would give him the answers and clarity he sought.

FINALLY, on the 24th day, 3 weeks and 3 days after he received the message, Daniel had a Divine Encounter.  The Man in the vision told Daniel, “Your words were heard FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY!”

WHAT?????

“You mean you let me go hungry and thirsty for 21 days?  Here I am sitting by the river, stinking to high heaven and now you tell me YOU HEARD ME ON DAY ONE?  I thought you loved me; I thought I was special; a chosen vessel but you waited 24 days to answer!”

BUT INSTEAD….

Daniel turned his face to the ground and became speechless and God strengthened Him, revealing that for those 21 days, God had heard and God had fought the battle.  And now…GOD HAD COME BECAUSE OF DANIEL’S WORDS!

Our nation has been in quarantine for 14 days.  We have fasted, prayed, asked for forgiveness, petitioned God to still the plague AND at times it seems things grow worse.  There is nothing good to report on the news and people are going stir-crazy huddled in their homes.

BUT LET ME ASSURE YOU FROM THE FIRST DAY, GOD HAS HEARD YOUR WORDS!

God is fighting the battle; we have a history with God, He is faithful, and He will be victorious.

DON’T GIVE UP, keep seeking the Face of God; continue bombarding Heaven with your words because God not only hears, HE WILL ANSWER!

AND….

One day, “If we wait upon the Lord,” He will COME BECAUSE OF OUR WORDS AND OUR STRENGTH WILL BE RENEWED!

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