Experiencing Jehovah El Shaddai In The Place Of Prayer

• Too much dependence on the Prayers of Others:

Abraham’s servant could have said my master Abraham is close to God, he knows God, God speaks personally to him. Why do I have to bother myself to pray or what difference will my prayer make after all hasn’t Abraham been praying for his son? Are there issues in your life and you are busy eating and sleeping? You are relying on the prayers of the pastor or prayer warriors or those who are fasting to see you through? It’s wonderful to have a praying pastor, spouse, child, or close friend. But if you want to personally experience Jehovah El Shaddai in your life, you as a person must rise up and pray. Having people intercede for you is great. But it should never override the place of personal and regular times to commune and fellowship with God. One mistake a lot of people make when it comes to prayer is to rely too much on the prayers of others thus limiting their own personal growth. They keep themselves from some great experiences and testimonies God wants them to have because they are too lazy, tired, and sometimes indifferent to pray. Imagine what would have happened to Jesus at the Garden of Gethsemane if He had relied on the prayers of His disciples. He certainly wouldn’t have made it to the cross (Matthew 26:36-46). Stop folding your hands while others are busy praying. There are some issues others can help you to pray about, but there are many issues in our lives that we must be the ones to personally, fervently and persistently pray about. Like they say, you are the one that knows where the shoe is pinching you, so you are the one in the best position to show or tell God where the shoe is pinching you; what the real issue, need or problem is. If you want God to manifest Himself in your life, if you want to know His will for your life, if you want to personally know God and daily walk in divine direction, you must pray and keep on praying to God.

• Allowing pride set in:

Abraham’s servant could have undermined the importance of prayer based on his position and status. Eliezer didn’t feel he was too big or too accomplished to pray. This man was not just a mere servant. Genesis 24:2 tells us that he was Abraham’s chief servant, the one in charge of all that he had. In other words, he was a big manager. And we know from scripture that Abraham was a wealthy man so this servant was managing the affairs and resources of a very wealthy man (Genesis 24:34-35). But Eliezer put aside his position and status and prayed to God. You can’t be too big; too anointed, intelligent and wealthy for God. But today some people feel they are too big or too accomplished to pray or do certain things for God. They can’t imagine themselves going on their knees or lying before God in prayer yet they have serious needs and issues in their lives.

In Galatians 3:3, Paul spoke about people who begin their walk with God well. They begin by depending on the Spirit of God, but somewhere along the way, they miss it. They start doing things by human effort. There are people who when they first started in their walk with God, used to depend on God whenever they had anything to do like lead worship, preach or make any presentation in the office. But now because God has been using them, they have seen the anointing of God at work in their life, they have made some notable achievements in their career or business, now they don’t bother to pray before they minister or embark on projects. Their confidence is now in themselves; their experience or the anointing upon their life. Forgetting that God must be our continuous source of help and strength to be continuously filled with the anointing of God, to maintain a vibrant prayer life, to daily experience the Almightiness of God and see Him as Jehovah El Shaddai. Proverbs 28:26 says it is a fool who trusts in oneself. It is hard to know God as Jehovah El Shaddai when you don’t realize and understand that without God, you have no strength, no power of your own. Far too many people undermine the importance and power of prayer because of pride. It’s hard to have a vibrant, deep and consistent prayer life when you are full of pride; full of yourself.