When Jesus didn’t say Amen.
Recently in my praying I’ve tried to use my imagination to meditate more and keep me focused.
‘Imagination and meditation’ might set alarm bells off in your head but pause and ask why?
The Bible is filled with references to meditation and as for imagination; that’s what parables are for! ‘The kingdom of heaven is like...’
So today I was praying for little Zion, and I asked Jesus to join me, to ‘sit in’ on my prayers. I wanted Jesus in the room, I wanted to hear in my spirit His amens.
There was a silence that unhinged me. I knew that Jesus wanted him healed and well. That’s not up for debate. But why was my praying not feeling like they were ‘effective’?
Did I lack faith?
‘No’ I sensed the Jesus saying, ‘you lack compassion.’
‘You need to put yourself in that ward, in Zion’s shoes, so to speak. You need to feel the heat and humidity in the room, the ulcers in your mouth the tubes in your nose, sickness, vomiting, lack of energy and pain.’
I closed my eyes, trying to imagine; I began to weep...
‘Now, you need to put yourself in his mummy and daddy’s shoes.’
It became almost too much to bear and before I knew it, I was praying in the spirit... I could hear the amens of Jesus and all of heaven.
Often our lack isn’t faith it’s compassion. Jesus was constantly moved with compassion for lost and sick people.
Will you join me today in praying for Zion?
Faith-filled, compassion fuelled prayers.
Mitch
P.S
Little Zion, you taught me more about prayer today than a 1,000 sermons and books.
I’m cheering you on kiddo and so is all of Heaven.
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