Early this morning, we’ve just finished conducting our second day
Dawnwatch prayer meeting. It’s really a great privilege to be a part of a
church which has a heart for prayer.
Before I involved myself in the ministry just a year ago, I’ve learned
that they used to conduct this kind of prayer only once each month. I’m so
grateful that God gave us a pastor who dared to challenge the conventional by
making our Dawnwatch to be a seven days a month prayer meeting. What blessings
we may have missed if she did otherwise and just retained the usual one.
Prayer, really, is a very crucial aspect of Christian life, which must
be cherished intently by every believer, especially at this very critical
period of human existence. I believe that the words of St. Paul admonishing us
to devote ourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful (Col. 4:2), is
primarily directed and intended to the Church at this very generation of the 21st
century.
A closer look, investigation, and observation of what’s currently
happening around the world would lead every careful observer to the reality
that the much-awaited hope, the glorious return of the Messiah, otherwise known
as the Rapture of the Church, is about to unfold to the great amazement and
bewilderment of the entire human race.
“I (Jesus) will come again, and take you unto Myself.” – John 14:3
Every believer should never be found innocent nor caught unaware of
this very truth. No specific date and time was given by the scripture as to
when this inevitable event will take place, but nevertheless, time and date are
of lesser value as long as we’re prepared for this glorious event. Just like an
expectant mother who is about to deliver her much-awaited baby on a time she
doesn’t know, we too, must be ready for the occurrence of this blessed hope
that will transpire at anytime we also really don’t know. At any rate, almost
all the signs were already been there, so we must be on guard.
Being just informed of this fact is one thing, but being watchful is
another and the most important thing of all. We cannot afford to stay passive
and just merely wait. We need to take our stand to reach out, pray, intercede,
and stand in the gap in behalf of God’s people. We are already been warned that
in the last days, the love of many shall grow cold because iniquity shall
abound (Matt. 24:12).
“... Even the very elect shall be deceived.” – Matt. 24:24
The need to pray for the leaders of the church, workers of the
vineyard, loved ones, relatives, friends, neighbors, people in the government
and the marketplace, the nation, and all the unbelievers, is of utmost
importance at this point in time. We need to implore with great lamentation
that God would carry out supernatural divine interventions so that countless
people should come into repentance and enter in the kingdom and loving embrace
of the Savior and LORD, Jesus Christ.
In the meantime, we should remain steadfast, responsible, accountable,
and do other important aspects of the normal life, but this time, we will be
more prudent and focus all the more on the things of the above rather than the
things below. We will continue to fix our eyes on the Author and Finisher of our
faith, knowing that in no other way can the entire human race be saved except through
Him alone (John 14:6).
Meanwhile, let us reserve every controversy to the doubtful, but for us
as believer, we will continue to pray, obey, and keep praying until we can pray
no more because we are already caught up with Him in the clouds.
Have a blessed day/evening!!
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