“After they prayed, the place where they were meeting
was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of
God boldly.”
Acts 4:31
What a prayer meeting!
God moved upon them in a spectacular way.
Who wouldn’t want those results after praying?
While it is certainly something we all would desire
(myself included) are we willing to endure those things that Peter and John had
to that precipitated the prayer meeting?
There was a prelude to the move of God at that prayer
meeting that day we often overlook.
Peter and John were persecuted, they were jailed and
they were threatened by the rulers of the city.
Why?
Because they had healed a man in Jesus’ Name!
We would all love the results (not to mention the
drama) of an earth shaking prayer meeting and all it represents but often we
are quick to run from even the scent of persecution.
Our prayer following such an event might more accurately
be something like this:
“Woe is me!” or “Go get ‘em God”
We focus on self or on vengeance, rather than on the
Lord as they did.
They didn’t whine.
They didn’t have a pity party.
They didn’t even call down fire from heaven.
They prayed for more boldness to proclaim the Gospel.
No wonder God shook the place and filled them again!
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