GENUINE DEMAND FOR HELP
Wednesday 18th May 2022.
The presence of God is the greatest treasure and distinction of a believer. The more conscious you are of His presence, the greater advantage for walking the Christian life.
John 4:11 The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?
You can be at the well without what it takes to draw from it and you may die of thirst when you are beside the water.
You can die of bondage, poverty, sickness, etc yet deliverance, prosperity, healing, etc are all around you. There must be a genuine demand and pressure for drawing and tapping into such dimensions.
Mark 5:26-27 and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came behind [Him] in the crowd and touched His garment.
This woman had an issue with blood for twelve years and moved from doctor to doctor but inside her, she knew that this sickness cannot take her to the grave and that is why she kept on seeking help until she heard of an ultimate help (Jesus) and placed a demand on Him.
Mark 5:24-25 So [Jesus] went with him, and a great multitude followed Him and thronged Him. Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years.
She broke the law of not appearing in public if you had an issue of bleeding through the crowd to partake of her healing.
When you come to pray, it is the demand you place on the Master that determines what you walk out with.
Mark 10:47 (NLT) When Bartimaeus heard that Jesus of Nazareth was nearby, he began to SHOUT, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"
When you are conscious that your help has come, you reach out for it with everything inside of you
and take it by force because there are forces that want you to remain poor, stagnant, sick, etc.
Many of us have been blocked from stepping on higher grounds because we think of " what men will say".
If you haven't died to men's opinion, you are not yet ready to walk into your miracle.
Acts 10:34 Then Peter opened [his] mouth and SAID: "In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality.
You can not wait for human sympathy unless you want to stay in the same spot for years.
God cannot hold back anything from you if you place a demand (Mark 5:30).
Mark 5:31 But His disciples said to Him, "You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, 'Who touched Me?'"
Other people were touching Jesus and He could feel nothing but when this women, touched Him,her desire and demand made her whole.
The same thing happened with blind Bartimaeus, men shouted at him but he kept on shouting for help until he received his sight.
This is what you do, stay focused and continue calling on Jesus.
Jeremiah 29:13 And you will seek Me and find [Me,] when you search for Me with ALL YOUR HEART.
Many of us are half-hearted seekers, we don't yield to God and that's why we don't see the results we want to see in our lives (James 5:16).
when you pray with ALL your heart, nothing can stop/shut you down, so you throw off what men call caution and seek the face of the Master wholeheartedly.
Hebrews 5:7 [ who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear.
To some of us who are sorely dependent on God, this is the kind of prayer we engage in day after day because we know how helpless we are without Him.
Further Study
Acts 6:4: Every time the disciples found themselves in trouble, they prayed and believed in a God who answers prayers.
Mathew 4:11: Jesus spent time in prayer and that's why He was successful in His ministry.
Psalms 65:2: Power is found in a place of heartfelt persistent prayer
STAY BLESSED AND HIGHLY FAVOURED, WE LOVE YOU. PASTOR BEN OCHOLA.
