Calling It Forth-Part 2

Prayer...an unseen Force in the heavenlies...

When a friend of ours spoke of how Jesus performed the miracle "before his time", my brain, admittedly, went crazy. I had never heard that before. Never considered it. Never came close to considering it. I wasn't sure it made sense to me. Honestly, I'm still not sure.

He was saying it as the backdrop for something that he was wanting to prayerfully do regarding the promises of God on his life. He felt compelled to pray them into being. Instead of just waiting around, hoping that the "day of fulfillment" would finally come. He wanted to call them forth. In the now.

I know that one of my last posts was about waiting out the season of "hiddenness." I likened it to the time needed for God to bring a baby in utero into perfect completion. Patience is a virtue. A fruit of the Spirit. To persevere. To hope for. To wait for. Especially since a thousand years is like a day to him...and one day like a thousand years (2 Peter 3:8). Um yeah. So Obviously, God's timing isn't ours.

But while I was writing that post, I had this friend's comments about calling it forth running around in the back of my mind. Wondering how the two seemingly opposite ideas could co-exist in perfect harmony: The Waiting vs. The Boldly Calling it Forth. Because both are spiritual truths set in motion by the Lord, as we see in example throughout the Scriptures.

In fact, God's word is full of what could be conceived as contrasting truths:

--We should not judge. (Matt 7:1, 1 Cor. 4:5) vs. We should judge (1 Cor.5:12, 1 Cor. 6:2)

--We cannot be worthy (Rom. 3:23, 6:23, Eph. 2:1-9, Isaiah 6:5, 64:6, Gal.3:3, Luke 3:16) vs. We are to be worthy (Eph. 4:1, Col. 1:10, Matt.10:37-39, Acts 5:41, Rev.3:4)

--We should be like children (Matt.18:2-5, 19:13-15, Mark 10:13-16, 1 Cor. 14:20) VS.We should NOT be like children (1 Sam. 4:9, 1 Cor. 16:13, 1 Cor. 13:11)

--The power of sin has been broken (Rom. 6:11, 14) VS. The power of sin hasn't been broken (1 John 1:8, 10)

On and on the list goes. I won't write them all out, but the point is that all throughout the Word, if you isolate a verse, it can appear to be in complete contradiction to another isolated verse. Yet, I know that our God is a God of Truth. He is not a God of double mindedness. Thus, all of the above ideas can and do embody the full scope of Truth set forth by a God who sees the entirety of eternity. Just how, I'm still trying to figure out. But I concede to the unwavering reality that our God is a God who cannot be contained in the framework of our minds.

So when our friend said what he did concerning calling forth the presently dormant prophetic words spoken over his life, I just sat there. contemplating. wondering. Can I do that? Is that alright with God?

Because I always thought I needed to be the good little girl...and just silently wait. I figure if God has given me a promise of what's to come, then it was oh-so-good of him to inform me. And now, I'll just be on the look-out for when it arrives, thank you very much. not pushing. not prodding. just being the perfect picture of patience. ahhh...how quaint.

Oh Lord, renew my mind! Awaken my prayer life. Strengthen my patience. Empower my tenacity. Destroy any sign of timidity, indifference, or laziness, especially when clothed as being "holy and righteous waiting". I want to boldly speak up...like Mary, Abraham, and King Hezekiah. that I may watch you move as your heart yearns to.

The Word says to pray without ceasing. So that, I will do. Enable me, Lord to go after what you have promised me. To have my hands raised upwards, ready to be filled. But yet...still positioned to wait expectantly and worship wholeheartedly, even when they remain empty.