Persistance in Prayer

Scripture Reading - "And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up , eat and drink ; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. So Ahab went up to eat and to drink . And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up , and looked , and said , There is nothing. And he said , Go again seven times. And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said , Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said , Go up , say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down , that the rain stop thee not. And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain."

I am amazed at how quickly we give up at times in our prayers. We pray and pray and when we don't here from God we move on to something else assuming that it must have not been God's will for our request to be answered. There is a key element to prayer that we leave out when we are caught in this trap. We forget the element that faith plays in our prayers. Faith is not hope, it is a confident belief that what we pray for will come to fruition. There are no.. maybes in prayer. As you take a look at today's scripture, I would like you to notice a few things. First, take a look at the fact that Elijah told Ahab that there would be an abundance of rain. He did not tell Ahab that if God desires there would be an abundance of rain, he told Ahab there would be rain. Elijah had the faith. I want you also to realize that when Elijah prayed he didn't give up when the answer did not come after the first request. It ended up being on the seventh request that Elijah's prayer was answered. Yet, he confidently sent his assistant to look for the rain. He was confidently anticipating the answer. We need to do the same, we have to have faith without worry. It is how God wants us to live.

Be Blessed and Live in the NOW!!!