BY SHEPHARD VICTOR
Prayer is the key that unlocks heaven’s will on earth. It is not in our complaints or groanings that answers come, but in Spirit-led prayers aligned with God’s purposes.
Hannah’s Case
1 Samuel 1:8 NLT “Why are you crying, Hannah?” Elkanah would ask. “Why aren’t you eating? Why be downhearted just because you have no children? You have me isn’t that better than having ten sons?”
As long as Elkanah was “better than ten sons” to Hannah, she would never have her own children.
She needed to come into spiritual alignment with God to partner with God in the destiny of Samuel. If she had not come into that revelation through prayer, she would never have been given Samuel.
1 Samuel 1:11
“And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.”
Her prayer was not a random cry of desperation; it was a Spirit-inspired petition. She vowed, “O Lord of hosts, if You will look upon me and give me a son, I will give him back to You all the days of his life.”
In that moment, Hannah was not just asking for a child she was agreeing with God’s intention for Samuel. That is why, when Samuel was born, God didn’t need to send an angel to tell Hannah how to raise him; she already knew that Samuel belonged to the Lord.
Peter’s Case. Acts 12:5
When Peter was imprisoned, the Bible records: “Prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.” Notice it was not complaints, fear, or discussions about his situation, but persistent prayer that moved heaven.
This teaches us something vital: when situations are not changing, make prayers. God wants His people to pray, because prayer is the channel of communion with Him and the doorway for His will to manifest.
Like Hannah, we must align with God in prayer to birth His purposes in our lives. Like the early church praying for Peter, we must persist until heaven responds.
Your issues, challenges, and troubles are not meant to silence you but to push you into deeper fellowship with God. They are the very media through which God wants to vocalize His thoughts and intentions through you.
Beloved, breakthroughs are birthed when we pray in alignment with God’s will. Complaints may express pain, but prayer brings solutions.
More Blessings!