Dangerously Low!
For we walk by faith, not by sight. II Corinthians 5:7
• Almost Empty. . . .
• Almost Stripped. . .
• Wiped Out!
When the phrase dangerously low is used to describe
anything—it’s not good. Whether it’s describing your blood pressure, your fuel
gauge, your bank account, or your faith; it’s not comforting to be in the
dangerously low range.
Since
life is unpredictable; we never know when we’ll need faith to get a prayer
through. When problems hit, or when we want some great wonderful thing to happen; that’s not the time to waste mouthing some meaningless
prayer.
There’s
nothing wrong with having someone pray for you, or agree in prayer with you.
The Bible tells us to do so, for instance: 1Thessalonians 5:11, and James 5:16.
But, it’s not a good idea to put all
the responsibility, all the time, on
someone else to get all your prayers
answered.
That person's faith gauge might be
leaning on empty—or empty.
If
you have more faith in other people's prayers, that’s a signal
that your faith level is dangerously low. You have to have confidence that you can get prayers
through for yourself. We can’t please God without faith (Hebrews 11:6).
You
wouldn’t feel relaxed on a dark abandoned highway with your fuel gauge tilting on
empty. You shouldn’t be relaxed living without one of the greatest weapons you
have against the enemy—an effective prayer life.
Even
though we know God can, our faith gauge only starts to register when we believe: God has. . .
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