I mean on some things I pray for, it literally takes MONTHS even years for me to see the result of God's action. Sometimes, I never see those prayers answered.
And then there are some prayers that literally get answered within a day.
That's been happening a ton lately! It's really quite exciting when you have so much assurance on the power of prayer. I feel like I could literally ask God for anything (with the right motives of course) and it would be given to me. I mean there's scripture that states that, but my prayers have never felt more powerful.
Just last night, I ended up opening up to two staff members on the team about the season of restoration God was taking me through, and their advice to me was basically to find a mentor/accountability partner.
Well yeah, I already knew that. But unfortunately my mentor and accountability partners are thousands of miles away. The two staff members encouraged me to find someone (a mentor or accountability partner) here in South Africa while I am here, and while I plan on doing that, I just silently begged God to do SOMETHING. You ever have those moments, when you try to puzzle out a solution on your own, come to the conclusion that there is no easy solution, so you revert to just asking God to do SOMETHING? Well, I didn't see a mentor here I could count on quite yet, and my own mentor and partners are miles away, so I really didn't have a solution for right now.
Yeah, the next morning, I got a message from my mentor asking if we could skype soon. God, that was literally less than a day. Why do you spoil me?
And if that wasn't cool enough (although it might not sound cool to anyone but me), I was having a conversation this afternoon with my roommate about some concerns I was having amongst the team. I kinda thought that people on my team had a misconception of where I was in my relationship with Jesus. As if they thought I was a shallow Christian, or a new one.
We were sharing prayer requests. My request was to reach a new level of honesty with God. And I got asked: So you're kind of starting a relationship with Jesus? Ouch. I've had a relationship with Jesus. I'm not starting one...
So Idk, I kind of had this lie in my head that all the people I look up to most on this team thought downwardly on me, as if I lack the experience I know I have or that I was "young."
But then, just this EVENING, one of the staff members asked me if I wanted to learn how to drive here. And she said once I learn I could use the JAM vehicles to go into town, or help drive to outreaches and ministry sites. Only staff members drive.
And in that gesture, Jesus settled a bunch of doubts about my teammates. And while I'm still working on it, I don't feel as much like I'm looked at as "young." Jesus, that was literally just a few hours you answered that one. What next? Tell me what to pray for and I will. Tell me what to ask for, Jesus, and I will ask.
I kind of feel like when I go through periods where I can physically see all of my prayers being answered that I should share that power with everyone else around me. It's that mentality of: I have power over this earth. Things I ask for are happening, and I know everyone has needs so if Jesus is answering mine when I ask, maybe He will also answer everyone else's if I ask.
It kind of makes me think. What else could I have received, or others around me could receive if I had only asked?
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