The purpose of prayer is to raise our consciousness toward Our Heavenly Father’s ways. HE tells us HIS ways are not our ways and thus when we pray, we seek to raise our understanding and knowledge to HIS ways. Prayer or communion with Our Heavenly Father provides us a path to access a power and authority that supersedes the lower laws we have been subjected to all of our life. Jesus spent much time in prayer. He understood the need to access this higher plane of reality. This decision to pray clearly supports the fact that He had a free will to choose to pray. Otherwise, if everything was predetermined and His actions could not be altered, He would have had no need or desire to pray and commune with Our Heavenly Father. You also have a choice to pray or not. I choose to pray and commune with Our Heavenly Father continually.
This raising that occurs could be compared to “leaven”. As our consciousness is raised to a higher level, we are able to access and walk in higher Spiritual laws that were unknown to us prior to our realization that they could possibly exist. Our Heavenly Father has used prophets to make the people aware of the potential for greater processes and events to occur.
We must have and exercise faith that a higher law exists in the first place. Faith comes by hearing THE WORD. When Our Heavenly Father speaks, there is sufficient power to cause HIS Words to come to pass. As we hear and believe HIS Words, our faith grows and manifestation occurs. Jesus noted that there were men of no faith, little faith, and great faith.
Mark 4:40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
Mark 8:26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
Mark 8:10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
The more you know a person who is reliable, the more faith you have in his word. This is true in our relationship with Our Heavenly Father. As you focus on Love, the primary characteristic of Our Heavenly Father, you begin to know HIM fully and completely. Your faith IN HIM grows. Your trust IN HIM increases to the point that it fully encompasses your heart.
We must reaffirm our relationship with Our Heavenly Father continually in our thoughts. The old man would try to convince us otherwise. The more time we spend with someone, the better we know them as life confronts our relationship. We know how they respond to new circumstances. We experience life together.
In Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Notice the word “is”. HE is with us always. HIS Spirit is with us as well. HE is not on some distant throne dispatching angels in the nick of time. We are in HIS Presence whether we acknowledge it or not. When HE asked Adam “Where are you”, do you think Our Heavenly Father didn’t know the location of Adam? The question was posed for Adam’s sake.
Our Heavenly Father is our strength. HIS anointing is available to us. HIS power and authority is reserved for those mature sons who have taken on HIS character of Love. Maturity comes with a consistent focus and desire to be in the Presence of Our Heavenly Father. You want to “hang out” together. HIS strength is sufficient for all of your encounters in life. The Creator is greater than the creation, by design.
HE acts through us by changing our consciousness. We have power available to us and resident in us. We will never access that power until our consciousness is raised to enable us to obtain the key. Do you have faith in the words of Jesus when He said that we would do “greater things”? As our consciousness expands, the whole lump will be leavened:
Matthew 13:33 Another parable He spoke to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.”
How much faith do you need to start with? Jesus spoke:
Matthew 17:20 So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
Matthew 13:31 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, 32 which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”
The mustard seed had all the necessary attributes of the mature tree, it only needed to mature. As it increased in stature, it became a place of refuge.
The Pentecostal Age is meant to be used for our development in preparation to occupy the Promised Land. It is a time of preparation, not a time of passive waiting for some cosmic event to occur that would immediately impart some super-human attribute into our bodies in a moment. Yes, there may be a tipping point when a notable event occurs. However, a tree does not spring up overnight from nothing. First, a seed must be planted and it must mature over a period of time. A mature tree will then spring forth with fruit to be fed to the nations. The tree is planted by the living waters and provides healing to the nations but it was not created in an instant. Our Heavenly Father established the law of seedtime and harvest and will surely bring forth the Sons in like manner.
Are you known for great faith, little faith, or no faith? When the trials and tests arrive, how do you respond? By spending time with Our Heavenly Father on a daily basis, we will mature in an unhindered fashion. We will overcome the trials and tribulation that come our way. Our faith IN HIM will be sufficient for each day. And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. (Romans 8:28)