Day 10 Jesus Exemplifies the Power of the Prayer Closet
Words to describe believers or distinction.. Anointing, called, empowered.
God has called us to be different than others
Matthew 14:22, 28-29
22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd.
28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”
29 “Come,” he said.Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus.
They rowed (showing energy and strength), but Jesus walked effortlessly on water (on top of the thing they were working with effort.
Peter, a fisherman all his life, but never had he asked to walk on water.
Jesus gives an example and Peter desires this
Peter walks on top of what normally is on top of others until he lost focus
When he started to focus on the threat, he began to sink.
What impact is the wind having on us during the pandemic? But if we will look to Jesus we can be above that which can be on top of us.
Two water walkers. We can walk on what others drown in.
As Jesus does it long term, Peter does it short term.
Jesus does it long term on the water because of what he did on the shore. What did He do? Because He had dismissed the disciples so he could pray.
We cannot walk on water in public if we are not praying in private.
The prayer closet is like the phone booth for superman, when we pray, we become different and empowered.
Jesus had stamina and steadiness.
Jude 1:24
24 To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— 25 to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.
You don’t keep yourself up, God keeps you up.
Jesus showed stubbornness, resilience, perseverance. Refusing to quit even during the wind. You only get this by prayer.
When you pray, you need to pray against somethings and then you need to pray for some things.
Let’s pray today that we’ll commit time in prayer that we might do even greater things for Jesus in public.
