"Holy Spirit Come."
I have prayed this prayer.
I have seen the results.
I have prayed this prayer while in the midst of desperation to get me out of a bad situation.
I have seen the results.
I have prayed this prayer so I can see the presence of God to come and rest.
I have seen the results.
I have prayed this prayer when needing direction.
I have seen the results.
I have prayed this prayer when I see a woman with many children, struggling to make ends meet as she fights for her own sanity and peace.
I have seen the results.
I have prayed this prayer when I pass someone sitting on the side of the road begging for a mere glass of water.
I have seen the results.
I have prayed this prayer in doubt, questioning whether or not I am even "allowed" to ask such a thing…
I have seen the results.
I have prayed this prayer when talking to someone who needs an encounter with the Living God.
I have seen the results.
The results are eternal…when we dare to ask.
Over the last several years, I have had encounters that are beyond anything that words can make sense of…beyond the abilility to explain…just simply miraculous things, simply because I asked for and then claimed what I knew was mine.
In today's society, many people pray. We pray for blue skies so we can go for a walk, a good day at work so we can remain in our comfort zone and not be stretched, we pray for people to leave us alone so we are not disrupted, we pray for our church to build a new building so we can sit in more comfortable seats, we pray for our pastor to "understand us better", we pray for our boss to "not see the mistake", we pray for sooo many random things yet…do we pray for the Holy Spirit to come?
Do we pray for our lives to be invaded by the presence of God to the degree that when our shadows fall upon a man, they cannot help but desire Jesus?
Do we pray that each word that comes out of our mouth glorify our King and point people to the cross?
Do we pray like the lives of millions of people are dependent upon our prayers?
I don't know about you, but I know in my personal life, my prayers can be pretty selfish. I know that I tend to pray for my needs rather than for the Kingdom to come. I know I pray for healing when healing was accomplished on the cross.
However, today I am making a shift. Today I am changing the way I pray. I am going to do something kind of crazy and would like to know if you are willing to take a step and dare to do something different.
For the next month, along with my attempt to journal on an (almost) everyday basis and my attempt to press in much deeper in to the Word, I am adding a prayer challenge. For the next 30 days, my prayer is going to be "Holy Spirit come". I'm going to leave the rest up to Him.
Will you accept this dare to venture in to this season of focused prayer along with me?
