Step In

It had been a long day; however, she stayed to pray.  She explained to me that nothing was working and all she had left was prayer.  I understood what she was saying.  There are times when nothing seems right, safe, or possible.  The thing is . . .when we enter into prayer . . . we are no longer on our own, constrained by our limitations, mistakes, or wrongs.  When you get down to it, prayer is taking a step into God’s power and authority where all things are possible.    

Jesus demonstrated that life sustaining power comes from prayer . . . In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying there Mark 1:35.

It really is staggering that it takes us so long to step in.  The people of God had wandered in the wilderness for forty years after refusing to step into the Promised Land, the place God had led them to go into.  Looking backwards allows us to see the missed opportunities of a whole generation because of the lack of faith.  It makes me wonder how many things I have missed because I have not stepped into the place of prayer . . . the place of power and authority.

But they finally stepped into the place God had ordained them to go.  So they, set up faith markers . . . to mark the beginning of living where God had asked them to go . . . Those twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal  Joshua 4:20.

The  people marked the place they stepped into where they would experience a power beyond imagination.  

Step in.

Step  into the power and authority of God.

Pray.

Learning with you to KICK START the day stepping into prayer,

Pastor Kerrie

 (written by Kerrie Palmer © 2010 All Rights Reserved)
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