In order to access power, you have to go to the outlet and plug in to the source of it. That is what happens when you pray in faith; you plug in to God’s power. Picture a boat trapped in mud and stuck on the bottom. If you can get it to the dock, you can repair it and send it back out to sea. The trouble is you can’t move it. So what’s the answer? Bring in high-powered tugboats, connect steel cables to the sunken craft and wait for the tide to rise. Are you getting the idea? When you feel so low that you can’t lift yourself up, tap into God’s power and let Him lift you up to the place where He can repair, restore and recommission you. If you keep that picture in mind, you will never think about prayer the same way again. Instead of seeing it as an obligation, you will start seeing it as an awesome power that works for you in all circumstances of life. And you will see reading the Bible in a different light as well. Paul says, ‘And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up…’ (Acts 20:32). Your problems may be great, but the tide of God’s Spirit is greater, and if you let it, it will lift you out of your troubles. Will they suddenly vanish overnight? No, but you will be above them looking down instead of underneath them looking up. At that point you will be operating from a position of faith instead of a position of fear. It can happen for you. God can lift you up: ‘…all things are possible to him that believeth’ (Mark 9:23).
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