“The wind blows wherever it pleases.” John 3:8
Every miracle, blessing, divine appointment, has a genesis prayer that
sets them into motion. If we trace back,
we can find the point that began the movement of the sovereign hand of
God. The “surprise” is in the
realization that God supplied, provided, allowed, opened/closed/removed and
moved on our behalf when we didn’t expect it. And the “prayer genealogy” may go
back years – up to a moment ago. Just as
we can’t see the wind yet feel its effects, we can’t see what the Lord is doing
behind the scenes until the moment the answer is revealed.
During this 40 Day prayer challenge, Bruce
and I both have been powerfully surprised by the movement of God in answering
our individual prayers on separate matters. I won’t share Bruce’s testimony; only he can
do that. But my testimony does encompass his. I circled my husband in prayer specifically
so that the Lord would show Himself strong in his life; that Bruce would know
beyond a shadow of a doubt that God does hear and answer prayers. The surprise
was the speed in which God showed up for Bruce, a day after he’d prayed a
specific prayer (unbeknownst to me). My
prayer was answered when Bruce told me about his prayer the day before, and the
answer he received from God (via a phone call from a family member), and God’s
impeccable sense of humor and timing as it was Day 16 in our reading. I could go on and on… but I think you get the
message!
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