Hosanna Restoration Church

In the night, I awoke with a foreign feeling of anxiety. I prayed about a lot things and the feeling stayed. Finally, it subsided and I was able to get some sleep, but when I got up, wanted some understanding of what it was all about.
It seemed that as I prayed for or considered one thing something else would float through my mind. Often times they really made no sense to me, but I was on a mission to get this over with. I love to talk to God, but I was not enjoying the anxiety part.
When I arose, I looked up Ephesians 4:18, as that was something that had come to my mind. As I read I said, “I was a they.” Now this is not necessarily new and yet it was totally new in respect to what God was showing me.
I have known for a long time that except for the grace of God I was toast. I know that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. I just never saw how adding that awareness to praying for people multiplied compassion and desire for the prayer to be answered.
When Isaiah would pray about how they all had sinned and strayed from God it ratcheted up the need for the answer. So it seemed was the case for me. Now I do not want to have the anxiety all the time when I pray, but I do get what was going on.
If we pray only from the understanding that God, in Christ, has given us everything, then we are praying for those poor pitiful folks who do not know God! It is good to pray at all times, but there is a difference in praying like the Pharisee who was glad he was not like the sinners and praying like one who knows they were not only a sinner but even now come short of the glory of God.
No wonder Paul went so far as to say he would give up his own salvation if it would save his fellow Jews who were blinded due to their failure to listen.
It is such a blessing to no longer be deceived, but we must realize that even though we have been given all we need, we still have the responsibility of activating it.
So whether are still a they, or progressing along in the way of the Lord; our responsibility is to be about the Father’s business. He chose us in love to be His holy people. Get a good firm grip on that truth. It will give you peace and make a peace bearer out of you.