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The Battlefield of Prayer: Unleashing God's Power in Your Life
"Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;" — Ephesians 6:18 (KJV)
There's a profound truth that God often brings into our lives people with complementary personalities and gifts. My brother Norman and I exemplify this divine design. While I'm an extrovert and quick thinker, he's an introvert and deep thinker. I tend to fly by the seat of my pants, while he carefully plans ahead. This complementary relationship isn't accidental—it's God's way of making us more complete together than we could ever be apart.
This principle extends beyond our podcast partnership. We see it in marriage, business relationships, team sports, and throughout the Church. God strategically places different personalities together so that in our weakness, another's strength can shine. Together, we become a more complete reflection of Christ's body.
Norman has been digging deep into the concept of prayer, developing tools and practices to help believers pray more effectively. For me, prayer has always been my weakest area. Study comes easily—it's invigorating and engaging. But prayer? Prayer is hard work. It demands discipline and persistence.
This morning, God awakened me thirty minutes before my usual time. I felt His gentle nudge to walk through my home, stopping to pray at each of my children's doors, and then over my wife as she slept. Afterward, I spent time in prayer for myself, addressing the weak areas of my life where I desperately need God's strength to be manifested.
Currently, I'm navigating circumstances that leave me feeling somewhat helpless—situations where I cannot change what others think or do. Yet I have one tremendous advantage: I serve a God who holds both my best interests and the interests of the other person in His loving hands. He can work actively in ways beyond anything I could hope or imagine.
Consider this: if we have access to this prayer power, and Satan is actively trying to prevent us from praying by making it difficult, perhaps that's precisely the arena where we need to focus our energy. It's striking that immediately after Paul describes the armor of God for believers in Ephesians 6, he transitions directly to prayer. This suggests that prayer is the battlefield where spiritual victories are won.
Sometimes we achieve physical victories in our lives, but they prove temporary because the spiritual victory hasn't yet been secured through prayer. Perhaps prayer is difficult precisely because God receives the glory when victory comes through prayer, whereas we take credit when we accomplish something in our own strength.
"God help us!" indeed.
What might change in your life if you became a person of prayer and God began to manifest the miraculous in your situation? What about your marriage? How would your relationship with your children transform? What about your business or job? What about your roles and goals in church? What if you committed to praying for leaders around you, whether in your community or church?
In other words, what might God do if His power was unleashed in our situations through a more effective prayer life?
As E.M. Bounds once wrote, "Prayer is not preparation for the battle; prayer is the battle." And Charles Spurgeon observed, "Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work."
The armor of God are all defensive and offensive weapons. But prayer activates them all. Prayer is where we stand in God's strength against the enemy's schemes.
Today, I challenge you to consider where your prayer life stands. Have you relegated it to a mere ritual, or is it the beating heart of your spiritual warfare? When was the last time you allowed God to awaken you early, to lead you into intercession for those closest to you?
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