"Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not" (Jeremiah 33:3, KJV).
How long has it been since you have prayed for great and mighty things - for the glory and praise of God?
I find in God's Word at least six excellent reasons you and I should pray for "great and mighty things": to glorify God; to communicate with God; for fellowship with God; because of Christ's example; to obtain results; and to provide spiritual nurture.
There is a sense in which I pray without ceasing, talking to God hundreds of times in the course of the day about everything. I pray for wisdom about the numerous decisions I must make, for the salvation of friends and strangers, the healing of the sick and the spiritual and material needs of the Campus Crusade for Christ ministry - as well as for the needs of the various members of the staff and leaders of other Christian organizations and the needs of their ministries.
I pray for the leaders of our nation and for those in authority over us at all levels of government. I even pray about the clothes I wear, on the basis of the people I am to meet - that the way I dress, as well as my words and actions, will bring glory to God.
But there is another sense in which there is a set-apart time each day for prayer - I often kneel quietly before the open Bible and talk with God as I read His Word.
Before I begin to read the Bible, I ask the Holy Spirit, who inspired its writing, to make my reading meaningful. Throughout the reading I often pause to thank God for His loving salvation and provision, to confess the lack in my own life revealed by the Scriptures, to ask Him for the boldness and faith His apostles displayed and to thank Him for new insights into His divine strategy for reaching the world with the gospel.
Today's Action Point
Today I will call unto God, expecting Him to show me great and mighty things beyond anything I have ever experienced, for His glory and for the blessing of those about me, that they may know that God does supernatural things in response to the faith and obedience of His children.
