A Prayer for Obedience, in Honor of Charles Stanley – Your Day by day Prayer

A Prayer for Obedience, in Honor of Charles Stanley
By Meg Bucher

“Wait patiently for the LORD. Be courageous and courageous. Certainly, wait around patiently for the LORD.” – Psalm 27:14 NLT

It was the loudest I have ever screamed. Discomfort shot by means of my physique, stole my breath and remaining me crumpled on the flooring. It was not the initially time I’d fallen, but it was the to start with time I’d fallen like that. I heard an audible crack as my back smacked into the staircase and felt guaranteed it was damaged in 50 %. Limping to the sofa, having difficulties to breathe, all I could do was cry. Pathetic, distressing, sorrowful cries. Cries for aid, aching to breathe and hoping to stand again. My family encircled me as I gasped for air. I bit by bit stood, and gratefulness commenced to wash over me as all the limbs and capabilities of my system appeared to gradually return. Battling by way of the relaxation of the working day, seriously sore and concerned about inside hurt, my thoughts of gratefulness held washing above me. Grateful to stand, stroll, breathe, and move. Humorous but not so funny, how a literal trip down the stairs induced the achievable finish of life to flash prior to me. I’m fine with assembly Jesus, whenever, but the ache of that instant is a thing I will hardly ever fail to remember. Waiting for my breath to return took bravery and bravery …all I could do was hold out …patiently …on the Lord.

Charles Stanley is recognised for this piece of sage counsel: “Obey God and depart all the repercussions to Him.” Obedience requires braveness. In my breathless minute of severe discomfort, I didn’t really feel very brave. But as the day went on, I remembered Who goes before me. God. The angel armies of heaven are on my aspect due to the fact He is for me. No marvel I survived the fall and walked absent from what could have taken me out. Everyday living occurs in His time, not mine. Wonderful leaders like Charles Stanley, as they go on to heaven and leave their legacy for us to ponder, remind us of the braveness it requires to be affected person, and the bravery necessary to hold out on the Lord. Obedience to God is not straightforward. I can not even fathom Jesus’ obedience as He predicted and endured the cross. It’s a each day alternative to swim versus the latest of the planet and the evil in it lurking in it. But the Lord is always bigger. He can rescue us from any problem. We are risk-free in His arms. Agony will obtain us in this earth like the early morning I slammed into my staircase and tumbled the rest of the way down. Life will knock the breath out of us, but as we lay motionless, gasping for air, we can belief our life to the Savior who has by now gained the victory above death. He eliminates the sting of panic from our life. We are in His palms right up until He calls us home. 

On the lookout again on that morning, I know God was there, guarding me. The levels of my religion let me to see His hand in my existence far more evidently. The payoff of obedience isn’t a agony-free of charge everyday living, but the viewpoint we attain by means of it. It’s what good leaders like Charles Stanley point to …Jesus. We can glimpse back again on the times of our life and know God’s hand was there to hold our backs from totally cracking in 50 percent. All the layers of His really like grown intentionally in our everyday walk of religion movement through the moments we are also weak to get up. He’s there. He understands, sees, and rushes to our assist. Let us pray for the religion to obey Him, no make a difference how really hard it is or helpless we feel, trusting the levels of His enjoy in our lives. 

Let us pray:
Father, 
Even though we are not all identified as to be terrific leaders like Charles Stanley on a community system, we are referred to as to minister as this sort of in our day by day life, to the folks we location in them. Assist us to be devoted, obedient stewards of Your perform and intent in our lives, Lord. Even though the globe may not know us for the caliber of fame as the wonderful leaders of religion You have chosen, we hold that caliber of fame in Your eyes. All of us. Thank You for likely just before us and guarding us as we slide and tumble in this planet. Irrespective of whether by our hand or that of evil in the entire world, thank You for generally staying there for us with perfect really like, treatment, compassion, and empathy. Bless our life with the braveness to obey You and go away the consequences to You. Take away all question, anxiety, worry, stress, and hesitation from our hearts, so we might comply with You with abandon, God.
In Jesus’ Identify, Amen.

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