Prayer

Jesus went to Gethsemane with His disciples and after, left them at a distance so that He could go and pray alone, came back and found His disciples asleep and asked them why they could not keep watch with Him and that they should pray so that they will not fall into temptation Matthew 26 ; 36 - 46… (Jesus the son of God believed in prayers) 

Growing up, I have been taught by my lovely mother that, when all is well, pray, when all breaks loose, pray. This means that when things are going well for me, a prayer has been the best way to thank God for the amazing solution and when things went out of control, I broke down at times under depression but went to my knees to pray for Him to do something over the situation.

There has been a problem though (if I should call it that), I have never been able to pray for hours. The best I have done is, ten minutes? I guess? And later resort to look at my neighbor in church as they go the extra mile of thirty minutes to an hour or so praying while I listen to what they are praying for and after, back to business as usual. I know it is funny but what I want to remind you is that, He listens, He just listens because He knew us before we were formed in our mother’s womb and hence knows what we are trying to ask of Him, in the best way we know as long as we have faith that He will be I AM that I AM to the situation and sort it out.

When we cry to Him, as Mercy Ken sang - He knows the secret to our cry, He is God and will act in our best interest. My mom had lost her job and my aunt was paying for my high school fees, something happened and I had to transfer to another school for form two. I was told that I will join a certain school - to be honest, I hated from the idea, the name, even the imagination that I would land there – and I remember telling my youngest brother as we walked from shopping around with so much faith and a heart prayerful ‘if only God will do something even if it was a new school to come up for me to join it and not find myself joining that school I am being told I will have to join, I will be the happiest person on earth’ and guess what, a new government day secondary school was established in our area and I was asked to go and register as I wait for the call letter and after three weeks of another test to wait, I was called back, given a letter asking me to buy the necessary and I joined the new school.

That, was a simple prayer that did not take even a minute, but guess what, God saw my need in that statement like prayer and made things happen. There are a so many testimonies I can give including a scenario when I was going to school and all I needed was two hundred bob. My prayer was, ‘God, even if it means me collecting a 200 bob note in the washroom, just make it happen coz I need that money.’ I later in between class feel pressed and on my way to the washroom I collect a two hundred Kenya shilling bill. I cannot remember if I even remembered to go to the washroom to do what took me there, but my prayer in a sentence had been answered.

So do not stop yourself since someone elsewhere looks prayerful than you are and their prayer is being answered. Pray The Lord’s Prayer, be sure of what you are asking God for and go ahead and mention it. I will not promise you He will answer you exactly the way you expect Him to, but He will answer you (I do not know even the time frame He will need but He will answer) according to His will and the perfect time.

Thank you for your support to my first post here on faith counsel, your letters of encouragement made me tear up and I ask God that may this platform uplift a soul that is almost giving up and may it be where they meet God who will answer their needs… Amen.

©Francis Wairimu

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