Steadfastness in Prayer
An inspirational devotion encouraging you to persevere in prayer, while surrendering to His sovereignty.
Paula Alleyne
4/14/20262 min read
Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain. So Ahab went up to eat and drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; then he bowed down on the ground, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” So he went up and looked, and said, “There is nothing.” And seven times he said, “Go again.” (1 Kings 18: 41-43).
The Lord calls us to persistent prayer! Each time the servant provided a negative report to Elijah, he said “Go again”. “Go again” my friends. “Go again” when there is no change in your marriage. “Go again” when there is no change in your children. “Go again” when there is no change to your ailment. “Go again” and beseech the Lord in what You know He has called you to in prayer. The shifting of things in the natural begins with that in the spiritual, so push and persevere in the spirit until it is manifested in the physical.
The great thing about perseverance in prayer is that God is also working on you during this process. When you continuously seek Him, not only is the thing you are praying for the end result, but God is interested in refining you. Many times there is a softening in your heart that occurs, a discipline of prayer that is being cultivated, a spirit of patient endurance being pruned and a learning to wait on God.
Then it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, “There is a cloud, as small as a man’s hand, rising out of the sea!” So he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot, and go down before the rain stops you’ (1 Kings 18: 44). When you have attained the thing that you prayed for, you will know beyond a shadow of a doubt that it was God’s hand that moved and it was God that brought it pass. So persevere my friends, Go again!
Prayer
Lord I submit to Your process, I submit to Your will. Let me learn how to wait and persevere in prayer. Let me learn how to trust Your ultimate goodness, sovereignty and timing. What You do is well done and I surrender to You, in Jesus name. Amen