Praying In The Interval

-God will never be defeated but this will not lessen the attacks of the devil and his demons. He will fight until he is finally banished once and for all. But when the prayer does not seem to be gaining any answers, we must remember:

Psalms 34:7 KJV The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

-Elisha’s servant could not see the host of angels until God opened his eyes. There is much going on in the Kingdom that we cannot see. That is why that we must continue to serve despite how we may feel!

-Suddenly that hand that had fought the Prince of Persia was the hand that was bringing revelation and a greater measure of faith into Daniel’s spirit.

-Daniel was so important to God that He sent Gabriel to encourage him. Gabriel told Daniel, “Just because you cannot see an immediate answer to prayer does not mean that God has not heard nor is He unwilling to answer.”

-There is a cause and effect process that is set into motion when we begin to pray. Daniel’s prayer had set in motion a war in heaven that he was not even aware of. There are prayers that have been prayed here in the last few months, the last few years, the last few decades that have set some great things in motion.

-Now we are living and praying in the interval. There is a war going on in the heavens and the answers will find us in due time. As soon as Daniel prayed, God sent Gabriel to the kingdom of the Persians.

a. T. W. Barnes, A Prophet In Our Time

Sister Nona Freeman has recently written a new book about Brother T. W. Barnes. I read this about this great man and thought that it might bring some encouragement to those who are involved in the battle. It comes from a chapter (8) entitled, “Revelations. . . After The Valley.”

After preaching several campmeetings in 1963, I had a break down from overwork at the close of the California Camp and could not preach the last night. I climbed on an airplane in Los Angeles going home in unforgettable misery, and walked through the darkest valley of my life for the next hundred days. Weakness overwhelmed me, I could neither eat nor sleep. I tried to eat baby food and my weight went down to 125 pounds. Many prayed for me but my deeply troubled mind would not focus on anything. Finally, one day I cried to the Lord, “Jesus, all of my life you have dealt with me with visions and dreams, please speak to me tonight and show me why I cannot receive my healing.”

I dreamed that night and looked into a large room and a quivering little bird sat in the middle of the floor. I wondered why. Suddenly, I heard a noise and huge snake came out of a hole in the wall and slithered toward the little bird as if he would eat him. The long serpent could easily reach the bird without coming completely out of his hole. I thought this will be the end of the little bird, but instead the snake taunted him with questions, “Why have you been sick so long?” “When will you get well?” “Are you going to eat, little bird?” Then he returned to his hole.

The little bird shook violently from the encounter and by the time he became almost calm, the snake returned to torment him again, and again, and again. I felt someone standing beside me as I watched the scene repeated over and over, I said, “Why doesn’t the snake eat the little bird and get it over with?”