Calling All Knees to the Ground!

Over the past few weeks, Pastor Steve has been focusing on Elijah.  Last weekend, we learned that Elijah found the prayer of faith to be an effective tool.  In fact, prayer was Elijah’s first response, not his last resort!  How about us?  Do we turn to God only when we are desperate and pushed against a wall or do we turn to God every day no matter what is happening in our lives?  

While we all love to have those mountain-top experiences in our lives and we rejoice when they come, most of our growth in our relationship with God comes when we are walking through a valley or facing an uphill climb.  As Pastor Steve reminded us, the greatest temptations come when we reach the summit and experience success.  All too often we think that we got there all on our own and that God had nothing to do with it.  It’s amazing what success and fame can have on some people.  Just look at the news!  

God has amazing plans for ALL of us, but for many of us, we don’t take the time to listen to God’s voice and to learn about His plans.  We become too busy.  We often misalign our priorities and then we wonder why we are so spiritually empty and we wonder where God is in our lives and in our family’s lives.  

Perhaps we need to give our lives back to God again and put God as the number-one priority.  You see, once we start consulting God about His plans for us and for our family’s lives, rather than asking God to bless the plans we make, amazing things happen.  What would happen if we walked in the will of God and focused on the plans God has for us?  For our family?  For our church?  

God’s waiting to hear from you today.  Maybe we should start a “knees to the ground” prayer focus over the summer.  What if we literally became a church on its knees?  What if God’s people prayed?  Pastor Steve challenged us to get on our knees every day in prayer.  Have your knees hit the ground yet?  If not, why not try it!  God is waiting for you.  He has amazing plans to share with you.  Are you listening?

Here’s a wonderful song called “When God’s People Pray.”  I hope it causes your knees to hit the ground today.

Soli Deo Gloria!

Pastor Carol