Memorise: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek,
and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: Matthew 7:7
Bible Reading
Daniel 10:10-14 (NKJV)
10 Suddenly, a hand touched me, which made me tremble on my knees and on the palms of my hands. 11 And
he said to me, “O Daniel, man greatly beloved, understand the words
that I speak to you, and stand upright, for I have now been sent to
you.” While he was speaking this word to me, I stood trembling.
12 Then
he said to me, “Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you
set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God,
your words were heard; and I have come because of your words. 13 But
the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and
behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had
been left alone there with the kings of Persia. 14 Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision refers to many days yet to come.”
Bible in one year: Ecclesiastes 8:14-12:14, 2nd
John 1
MESSAGE!
From the experience of
Daniel in our Bible reading today, we understand that praying effectively makes
it impossible for your blessings to pass you by. When you pray, your blessings
are branded with your name, and as you continue in prayer, a heavenly courier
is sent with your package. When you pray some more, the courier will deliver
the package to you. Do you know that there are blessings which were released
from Heaven but which never got to their owners? One likely way of losing your
blessing is to stop praying about them. if you stop, by the time they are being
sent, they could get missing in transit. So many blessings have been lost due
to a lack of follow-up prayers.
Let us look at
Daniel’s experience. He had a burden to unravel a particular mystery; so he set
out to fast and seek God’s
face on the matter. A day passed, a week passed, and
another week passed, but he kept on praying. It was after three weeks that the
answer came. The angel who brought the answer told him that from the day the
request was made, it was heard and an answer was sent, but certain forces of
darkness delayed him until Angel Michael came to assist him. This tells us that
the battles in heavenly places are real. No wonder Ephesians 6:12 says:
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this
world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
These forces exist and
they are out to delay or deny you your blessings. If you lost faith and stop
praying, the enemy might divert them.
It is one thing to
pray and have the answer released, but it is another thing to receive the
answer. Today, it is possible to send something by post and track its movement
from country to country up to its destination through the internet. Prayer is
the spiritual tracking device you need to track your blessing from Heaven until
it arrives in your hands. Once you start praying on a particular issue, don’t
stop. Keep on praying until the answer gets to you. In addition, it is
necessary to specifically pray against every spiritual agent of hindrance.
Paralyze every diversionary agent of darkness. Pray against blessing thieves
and hijackers, and envelope your blessings in the Blood of Jesus.
Key Point
Prayer is like a hook with rope tied; with it
you can catch your blessing, and pull it until it gets to you.
