Lent, a Season of Hope: Preparing Hearts for Easter, Day 21
Psalm 50:15:
“…and call on Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
During the last three weeks, we have focused on this blessed Lenten season of Hope by preparing our minds and hearts to be in a right position—by fasting, repenting, and praying. My prayer is that we all would have a sense of His presence during this season and that the desire of our hearts would be for our prayers to be effective, heard and answered. Of course, we must always keep in mind that God does hear our prayers, and always answers according to His sovereign will. Our part is for our prayers to be faithful and effective.
We can take inspiration from Miss Clara, the main character in the movie, “War Room,” who shows Elizabeth, a woman whose marriage is falling apart, a special closet she has dedicated to praying—Miss Clara calls it her “war room.” Just like the military sets up a special “war room” for planning a strategy to fight a foe during a national crisis, we must also seek God for the right strategy in order to stand up and fight the enemy on whatever front he is attacking us. Not all of us has a space we can designate as our war room, but we can develop a strategy and begin today to kick our prayers into high gear.
Martin Luther has been quoted as saying, “To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.” If ever there was a time for us to step up our prayers, now is the time!
Father in heaven, how thankful we are that You are faithful to hear us when we call out to You and promise to answer according to Your will. We have much on our hearts as we prepare for Resurrection Day. Help us to have hearts that forgive, that are devoted to prayer, and that are mindful of the needs of others. For Jesus’ sake. Amen.
