Memorise:
He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
Psalm 47:3
Bible
Text: Genesis 32:6-12 & 33:4, Bible in one year: 1st
Chronicles 12:14, Luke 16:14-31
When
Jacob was told that his brother, Esau, who had sworn to kill him, was coming to
meet him with four hundred men, he was justifiably afraid and distressed.
However, he prayed to God for deliverance, reminding Him of His covenant with
his father. Several things happened to Jacob as a result of this prayer. After
he prayed, God changed his name from Jacob to Israel (Genesis 32:28). Prayer
can rename a situation or an individual, and it can also terminate the regime
of an evil era induced by a bad
name. When prayer ends a bad name, there will
no longer be any reason to call the fellow by the former name. God told Jacob
“From today, nobody will call you that name again.” As soon as He said it,
every reproach the name had attached to him was completely erased. Royalty took
over from there. From today, you shall no longer be called barren! You shall
labour without receiving a commensurate harvest. From today, sorrow, tears and
disappointment have ended in your life!
Beside
this, prayer gave Jacob power with God and helped him prevail over the anger of
his brother. To subdue impossible human beings, you need power with God. The
extent to which you can control men will be determined by the power you have
with God, because it’s God who subdues men under you (Psalm 47:3). Whenever you
pray intensely from your heart, power is produced. The power that prayer
generates can be channelled towards achieving any goal. When you pray
effectively concerning your business, the power to succeed in it is released to
you. If you are struggling in your studies, you need to pray intensely, and the
power to enable you all that you should do to succeed in your academics will be
released.
Acts 1:8
declares that when the Holy Spirit comes, power comes with Him. When you pray
in the Holy Ghost with your heart, power comes. This power may come in the form
of understanding difficult subjects you are studying, wisdom to relate with
subordinates in such a manner that garners their support to enable you succeed
in your assignment or ministry, and so on. Prayer also helps you to be
victorious over men. Are people rising up against you? Pray! As you pray, they
will be subdued. Is anyone threatening your life like Esau did to Jacob? Pray,
and the Lord will subdue them.
Action
Point: One weapon every leader requires to keep the loyalty of their subjects
and subordinates is prayer. Pray that God will keep those under your faithful
to your righteous cause.
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