What keeps some Christians from turning
to God when their burdens grow overwhelming? You would think that He would be
their first avenue for relief, but often He isn't. Perhaps He hasn't answered
prayers in the past the way they wished. Perhaps it is because they don't feel
His presence, and they are afraid to try again. Perhaps the prayer which had
once been a close friend now seems so old and distant. Whatever the reason, they
feel alone and separated by a wall that has grown in its immensity.
The good
news is that God is still there, and the wall can come down. One chink in that
forbidding structure, and it can tumble into pieces. One prayer from the
heart-one cry from the spirit, and the barrier is gone. We might not know what
to pray, but the cry of the spirit does. “In the same way, the Spirit helps us
in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit
himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express” (Romans 8:26).
It is in surrender of myself to God, and in the groan of my spirit, when no
words can express the pain in my heart, that I find peace that passes earthly
understanding (Philippians 4:6-7), and I can breathe again.
If it has been awhile since you have
prayed from the heart, He is still there. If it has been awhile since you felt
His presence in prayer, He is still there. If it has been awhile since your
heart has known one-on-one, spirit-to-spirit release, He is still there. Prayer
always returns when you once again open the pain in your heart to the Holy
Spirit. It is like an old friend who has never tired of the delay, but has
waited patiently for you to discover the joy of release in that friendship once
more.
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