Friday, January 15, 2010

WHERE YOU ARE!

MATTHEW 8: 8

"Lord, just say the Word from WHERE YOU ARE, and my servant will be healed!"

Where do you have to be to have your prayer heard? Do you have to be in a church? Do you have to be right there with the person you are praying for? Will your prayers be answered even if the objects of your prayers are far away? Do you need candles and a rosary? The One Truth Today teaches us that the Faith of the person praying, and being in concert with the will of the Lord is all that is needed for a prayer to be answered. The Lord hears our prayers no matter where we are and no matter what the condition we find ourselves in. Some of the most earnest prayers are made in a foxhole while the bombs are falling. The Lord told the Roman officer that his prayer, as seen above, and for a servant a long way off, was greater than those He had seen in all Israel. It does not matter WHERE YOU ARE!

Many people believe they can only pray in a church, or on there knees, or with a head covering, or with their prayer beads in their hands. Some believe that you must have your eyes closed and you head bowed. Some believe that you need an intercessor for you prayers to be answered. All you really need is faith and to be in the will of God. It does not take more than one person for a prayer to be heard and answered. However, the Lord told us that wherever two or three believer's are gathered together in His name, He will be there with them and hear their prayers. You can try to place as many conditions on praying to the Lord as you like, but,
He hears every prayer of every person and He will answer all of them that are in His will! You can pray WHERE YOU ARE!

Jesus wants us to know that He is Omniscient and hears all of our prayers, wherever and whenever we make them. The Lord can answer our prayers immediately or He can delay the answer. Even if He does not heal you right now, remember that in Heaven you will be whole and in complete health. Your faith is important to the answer that you receive, and when you receive it. God has a plan for you that is better than any you could conceive. Even if we do not understand the answer, or lack of one, God always has our best interest at heart. The important thing is to pray without ceasing and about everything that matters to you. It does not matter WHERE YOU ARE!