meditation – My Grace Untold

Prayer Is The Master Key

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“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven…”

2 Chronicles 7:14

I thank God for prayer. I thank God so much for the freedom to tap into heaven in my tears, in my fears, in my uncertainty, in my confidence, in my joy, in my pain, in my confusion, and in my clarity. I thank God for the master key that is prayer.

I thank God so much for the freedom to tap into heaven in my tears, in my fears, in my uncertainty, in my confidence, in my joy, in my pain, in my confusion, and in my clarity.

I thank God for the master key that is prayer.

I have a job that demands more of my peace and prayer than I am naturally willing to give, often feeling almost incapable of giving since I am trying to keep it for myself.

This community of God’s people does not resemble the one in the chapter that preceded this one and that too has its misgivings.

The pages of this current chapter are nearing an end as I see the calling of my life on the horizon before me. Admittedly, the sentiments in my humanity are spilling over.

I feel the wars going on, the battle to take over my mind, to overwhelm my spirit, to distract me from purpose.

I feel the realm of warring raging around me, above me, and there is unsettlement in my soul. Things are being shaken out of place and into place and my knowing is all I have

I feel the wars going on, the battle to take over my mind, to overwhelm my spirit, to distract me from purpose.

I feel the realm of warring raging around me, above me, unsettlement is stirred within me. Things are being shaken out of place and into place and my knowing is all I have

So I pray.

In my disappointment, I pray. In my discomfort, I pray. In my disagreement, I pray.

The tears spill out of me even in a fasting season, and still I pray.

Friend, prayer is the master key.

Prayer is the heavenly language designed and delivered on the tip of our tongues to fight and win battles we cannot see, to release blessings from heavens’ gates, and to remind us of the power of God on the inside.

That is why the word of God tells us to worry about nothing and pray about everything.

I wonder if you, much like me, could use a day to just pray.

I wonder if you could use a day to call upon your Father and His angel armies to fortify the walls of your reality, to strengthen you from the core, and to claim the victory that is yours.

Friend, prayer is the master key. There is no door that prayer cannot open and no door that it cannot shut according to the will of God.

Prayer is our weaponry to win the battles even here on earth. So I urge you to start using it like never before.

I pray that God gives us the words to pray even when we do not know that which we ought to pray. I pray that the Holy Spirit moves us to our knees to bow down in faith and truth in prayer. May we be fortified when we feel too tired to pray. May our focus be realigned when we feel too distracted to pray. And may the windows of Heaven pour out a new anointing that drips humility into our being so we pray fervently as we ought to in Jesus name. Amen.

Mediated By Meditation – II

“I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.”

Psalm 119:99

Think of meditation as a practice of alignment with God.

Your meditation is a search, a plea even to be taken to ‘another place’ even while still physically in one place. A true believer wants to go to that place, that realm, that state, where everything is clearer, where every sign is visible, where every movement is felt.

Friend, can you imagine the renewal of mind that takes place in this greater realm?

King David attested to that in the scripture above, confessing that he found wisdom and truth even greater than that of all his teachers by meditating on the Word of God for himself.

And if we are still un-convinced by the power of meditation, let’s examine the life of meditation that Christ our Savior lived?

HE was on a mission. HE had a purpose. HE was to save the world through crucifixion. But on His way to that cross, the journey of His life mirrored that of a meditating man.

And how wonderful is it that the Son of Man then became the mediator between God and mankind. It says in 1 Timothy chpt 2 vs 5, that

there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus.”

Even our Great mediator lived in meditation.

Why shouldn’t we?

Our alignment with the Spirit comes through meditating on the Word of God, who in His sovereign wisdom imparted that Spirit on you and I.

So if not for the discipline that becomes of character by the practice alone, consider the other gains of meditation.

The fruits of the spirit flows through meditation. Love, patience, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. We need every last one of these fruits in our lives.

Friend, I urge you today to be mediated by meditation. God’s Word is all we have that is unchangeable and un-shakeable, and the purpose on your life depends on HIS Word.

I pray today that we are convicted by the Holy Spirit to seek after the One who knows our beginning, middle, and end. May we be elevated yet again to meditate on the sweet Word of the Most High God and be equipped to stand firm on it when all that is shakeable begins to shake in Jesus name. Amen.

Mediated By Meditation – I

“I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.”

Psalm 119:99

To the one who is unfamiliar with the spiritual realm, it is peculiar to hear of another person meditating on the Word. Or simply spending an ample amount of time seeking God’s direction through sincere meditation.

But I give glory to God that you and I have been lifted by the Holy Spirit to peek into the greater realm of Glory even in the land of the living.

Take for example the difference in aura of someone who meditates in the natural sense. A yoga instructor, or ballet expert, or a practiced magician. The one thing that separates the air of these individuals with the common person, is the degree of meditation that each gives to the craft.

There is a noticeable calm, focus, or discipline about those that meditate. There is a visible distinct stronger sense of power and control within the meditating individual.

Meditation changes things.

And for you and me, in the walk with the Most High, meditation changes everything!

Don’t you know that meditation mediates between the natural and spiritual? Are you not aware that your devoted time to meditate on God’s word is what elevates you into His Holy presence? How do you know when God is present if your spirit is not opened to receive Him?

Friend, this is what meditation is all about.

Often times, we hear preachers and spiritual leaders go on and on about studying the Word and ‘spending time’ with God. I have come to find that this is the realm of meditation.

When we bring ourselves into a place of attentiveness, when we begin to control the reception that comes through our senses, this is when we are able to leave the realm of the natural and rise into the realm of the spiritual.

The scripture tells us to keep our mind on higher things, on the things of God. Reading a book might be an attempt for some to keep their mind or interest on higher things, but it is the meditation on what has been absorbed that elevates the mind to remain at that higher realm of understanding.

There are visions awaiting us through meditation. There are assignments waiting on us through meditation. There is power waiting to be released through meditation.

So why then are we not eager to be mediated by meditation? Why do we continue to ignore wisdom standing at the gates of meditation?

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Strength In Solitude – Part 2

“So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him…”

Deuteronomy 32:12

You often need to be alone to hear the voice of God. You need to hear the voice of God to learn His ways and His truth. Even meditation requires alone-ness. That is no coincidence. God is intentional in what He prescribes so his children can get to know Him and be closer with Him.

It’s also no coincidence that most people are terrified to be alone. Many of God’s children would rather dwell in the loudest crowd and be lost in worldly noise than to stand alone and be led in the walk with God…It takes strength to be alone, because it takes strength to live a life of purpose in a world of lust, lies, and wickedness.

Remember that even Jesus faced the biggest temptation of his life by the enemy when He was alone on the mountaintop…And He overcame…There is strength in solitude because God equips you with it!

So I wonder today if you’ve been running along with everyone else in order to avoid alone-ness. I wonder if the enemy has convinced you that alone-ness will bring loneliness. But the devil is a liar!

I wonder if you’ve been absently present in the midst of chaos rather than present alone at the throne of grace…

Do you feel the pull of God to a place of alone-ness? Do you feel the hand of God leading you to a place by yourself? Has God told you that you alone are destined to walk this road? Do you know if the friends, the job, or the family cannot come with you to the mountaintop?

It. takes. strength. But God’s strength is more than enough, because He already promised that He is our strength when we are weak.

And if you are in your time of solitude, you are NOT alone, but only alone with GOD! Although you may feel pain, or feel like you are being pulled and stretched, you will not break. God is with you. God is for you. God is in it with you. His will be done in Jesus name, and God will get the glory over your story in Jesus name.

I am here to tell you that you will not succumb to your weakness in Jesus name. You will answer the call in Jesus name. No strongholds will blur your path to solitude in Jesus name. And if you are reading this post alone, know that this is already the beginning of your solitude with God. This is the beginning of new strength, and faith, and hope, and courage. May your walk be a testament to the glory of God in Jesus name. Amen.