The hardest part is praying and walking away

    I don’t remember a time when I didn’t believe in the impossible. Even as a child hearing the stories of faith like when “Noah believed God for 40 years, building a boat without any sign of rain and facing judgment from the world. Joshua believed God for the victory over enemies much larger and mightier than Israel, resulting in the receiving of their inheritance in the Promised Land. Gideon believed God to be with him in battle, and 300 slayed over 100,000. David believed God to stand against Goliath and conquered Israel’s mightiest enemy with one stone. Elijah believed God to the calling down of fire on wet wood and tore down the spiritual strongholds of Baal. Daniel believed God in the lion’s den – to the end that an entire kingdom was converted to worship the one true God, and the apostles believed God to receive power from on high, and 3,000 became believers in one day.” These stories perked my curiosity, that if I believe in a God who does the impossible, that He can and will do great things through me.


    While on the World Race I have had many opportunities to see my faith in action, to pray for the impossible and to see God move on the behalf of my faith. I love stepping out and asking for things that others would have to ponder on for days, weeks, months and even years. I just believe. I don’t know why I just know in my heart that God moves when I pray. I may not see it in the physical realm but in the spiritual realm something begins to shift.

    This month I personally had the opportunity to pray for two women who needed healing. First, was a woman who was deaf and mute second, was a woman who had hip problems, and many other illnesses (she is only 23). My heart was heavy and ready to burst for both of them. I wanted so much to see their body to be restored here on earth. In those moments I wanted to see the impossible right then and now. I wanted their pain to be taken off of them and for them to know that God still heals because “Jesus Christ, is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” Hebrews 13:8

     I was reminded later that God’s timing is not our own. “But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.â€� 2 Peter 3:8-9

    Sometimes the hardest part is praying and walking away and knowing it is in God’s hands. He has a purpose for everything. He is the one in control, not me! As an intercessor it is hard to walk away because you feel what the Father feels for someone.

    Before the world race, I was praying diligently with my prayer mentor for three years. I was learning about the responsibilities of being an intercessor. Now, I am seeing the nations I have been praying for, seeing the poverty, the pain, and the injustice. This experience has put prayer in a new perspective. I cannot help but weep for the things and sometimes cannot control what comes bursting out. After praying for the second woman I was so heavy and could not stop crying. Questions swarmed my head, “will God heal her? Will he listen to our cries?â€� The thing is I don’t know the answers but I am learning that I must obey and use my faith to teach others around me. I wish it was easier but I asked for the Father’s heart and I will continue to believe that with God everything is possible (Matthew 19:26)

Ecclesiastes 3:1 says, “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven”

(Bible quotations from kingsandpriests.net/believing.pdf)