"At
that time, when David saw that the Lord had answered him at the threshing floor
of Oman the Jebusite, he made his sacrifices there" (1 Chronicles
21:28).
David
lifted up his prayers, and You sent forth Your answers. David offered up his
sacrifices from his heart, and You sent forth Your fire from heaven (v. 26).
David found a place to honor You with his petitions, and You met him there to
honor him with Your Presence. When we draw near to You, You draw near to us
(James 4:8).
When we
find the place where You answer our prayers with the fire of Your Presence, we
want to sacrifice there. That's the place where we are moved to offer to You all
that we have and all that we are. That's the place where we want to live our
lives wholly surrendered to You. That's the place where we willing choose, as
best as we can and all by Your grace, "to present (our) bodies as a living
sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is (our) spiritual worship" (Romans
12:1).
For
David, it was a place on the earth at the threshing floor of Oman the Jebusite.
For us, it's a place in our hearts where Your Holy Spirit threshes out our flesh
from Your Spirit, our thoughts from Your thoughts, our desires from Your
desires. It's the place where we come with humility and faith in the example of
our Lord to say, "Not my will, but Yours be done" (Luke 22:42).
Lord,
let me find that place of perspective and purpose. Let me find that place of
sacrifice and surrender. Let me find that place where You send Your fire from
heaven and Your answers to my prayers throughout the moments of my days in the
journey of faith. Thank You so much for all the ways You've been answering my
prayers with Your Presence and power. It makes me want to sacrifice more and
surrender all, trusting You with all my life. In Jesus' name I pray,
Amen.
Be
encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
For
those who can't come join us in person, we have our Level 1 and Level 2
4 Day Schools of Spiritual Ministry available on DVD, as well as my
books and our other ministry resources: www.messiah-ministries.org/resources
It's not too
late to sign up for our 4 Day School starting Wednesday! We're excited
that the registrations for our upcoming Level 1 School of Spiritual
Ministry indicate this may be our biggest class ever! Please come join
us in Lexington in October for our 4 Day School of Spiritual
Ministry for equipping and impartation in healing prayer ministry and
prophetic ministry. Scholarships are available as needed so all
can come. Please see our Events Calendar on the web site for details or to
register on-line: www.messiah-ministries.org
