PLEAD YOUR CASE
Hi there!
GLAD YOU STOPPED BY!
A couple of years ago, we were transferred to Alaska; I didn’t want to go live in Alaska because my younger son had a health condition that’s not suited to that kind of weather condition. I needed that decision changed without any adverse effect on us, but I was scared I might be going against the will of God, which is something I don’t ever want to do. I shared my fears with a friend who told me something that transformed my prayer life. She said “You know what? With God we are sons and not slaves, sons have a place of negotiation with their fathers, and slaves don’t”. She encouraged me to go to God and plead my case. To me that was revolutionary, it ushered me into a whole new realm in my prayer life. I went to God with my petition; He heard my plea and granted my request, the transfer was changed without any adverse effect on us!
Have you settled for less because you were told it is the will of God for your life? Is something around you not quite right but you feel nothing can be done about it because of the authorities involved? Do you know God can change His mind? Do you know that mercy can triumph over judgment?
God sent the prophet Isaiah to tell king Hezekiah that his time was up and he should get ready to die, Hezekiah pleaded his case before God and God changed His mind, God gave him fifteen more years to live (Isaiah 38:1-6)
The people of Israel made God so mad that He decided to wipe them off the face of the earth, with the plan to raise a new breed through His friend Moses but Moses will have no part in that, he pleaded on behalf of the Israelites, God heard his plea and changed His mind, consequently, the people were spared (Exodus 31:9-14)
According to the custom of the Jews, when a man dies without a male heir, his inheritance does not go to his daughters but to his male relatives, this was so until a man named Zelophehad died. He had no sons, but his daughters rose up to plead their case before Moses and the elders of Israel. Moses in turn presented their arguments before God, and God told him to grant the request of those daughters and pass their father’s inheritance to them (Number 27:1-11)
What did these people do to get the response they got? They did not present their case based on emotions, rather they went before God with facts. Hezekiah’s reviewed the past before God and stated the case for his innocence. Moses’ fact was God’s promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to bring their descendants out of Egypt into the Promise Land. Zelophehad daughters’ fact was their father’s faithfulness to God when other members of his clan banded together against the Lord. What are your facts?
If you desire the result these forerunners got, you need to find out the facts of your case based on the written word of God. Research the bible and find out what it says concerning your matter, combine it with your testimonies and you are ready to present a petition before the throne of God.
God loves to hear our petitions because it is a sign that we are coming into maturity. It is also a sign to the enemy that we are not ones to joke it. God encourages us to come and reason with Him (Isaiah 1:18), He wants us to present our case before Him (Isaiah 41:21) and He wants us to review the past before Him and argue the matter together (Isaiah 43:26)
Whatever your situation is, the word still works, fight to the end, plead your case before God, be strong and of good courage. You are part of an advancing church, the One who built His church promised that the gates of hell will not prevail against you. If you don’t give up, He will come through for you, like He’s done for countless people before you.
SHALLOM!
GLAD YOU STOPPED BY!
A couple of years ago, we were transferred to Alaska; I didn’t want to go live in Alaska because my younger son had a health condition that’s not suited to that kind of weather condition. I needed that decision changed without any adverse effect on us, but I was scared I might be going against the will of God, which is something I don’t ever want to do. I shared my fears with a friend who told me something that transformed my prayer life. She said “You know what? With God we are sons and not slaves, sons have a place of negotiation with their fathers, and slaves don’t”. She encouraged me to go to God and plead my case. To me that was revolutionary, it ushered me into a whole new realm in my prayer life. I went to God with my petition; He heard my plea and granted my request, the transfer was changed without any adverse effect on us!
Have you settled for less because you were told it is the will of God for your life? Is something around you not quite right but you feel nothing can be done about it because of the authorities involved? Do you know God can change His mind? Do you know that mercy can triumph over judgment?
God sent the prophet Isaiah to tell king Hezekiah that his time was up and he should get ready to die, Hezekiah pleaded his case before God and God changed His mind, God gave him fifteen more years to live (Isaiah 38:1-6)
The people of Israel made God so mad that He decided to wipe them off the face of the earth, with the plan to raise a new breed through His friend Moses but Moses will have no part in that, he pleaded on behalf of the Israelites, God heard his plea and changed His mind, consequently, the people were spared (Exodus 31:9-14)
According to the custom of the Jews, when a man dies without a male heir, his inheritance does not go to his daughters but to his male relatives, this was so until a man named Zelophehad died. He had no sons, but his daughters rose up to plead their case before Moses and the elders of Israel. Moses in turn presented their arguments before God, and God told him to grant the request of those daughters and pass their father’s inheritance to them (Number 27:1-11)
What did these people do to get the response they got? They did not present their case based on emotions, rather they went before God with facts. Hezekiah’s reviewed the past before God and stated the case for his innocence. Moses’ fact was God’s promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to bring their descendants out of Egypt into the Promise Land. Zelophehad daughters’ fact was their father’s faithfulness to God when other members of his clan banded together against the Lord. What are your facts?
If you desire the result these forerunners got, you need to find out the facts of your case based on the written word of God. Research the bible and find out what it says concerning your matter, combine it with your testimonies and you are ready to present a petition before the throne of God.
God loves to hear our petitions because it is a sign that we are coming into maturity. It is also a sign to the enemy that we are not ones to joke it. God encourages us to come and reason with Him (Isaiah 1:18), He wants us to present our case before Him (Isaiah 41:21) and He wants us to review the past before Him and argue the matter together (Isaiah 43:26)
Whatever your situation is, the word still works, fight to the end, plead your case before God, be strong and of good courage. You are part of an advancing church, the One who built His church promised that the gates of hell will not prevail against you. If you don’t give up, He will come through for you, like He’s done for countless people before you.
SHALLOM!
posted by Angela Lougee | 7:35 PM
1 Comments:
Indeed! For freedom we have been set free. Yet... so many are still slave to emotions, habits, customs, and the culture! What a sorrowful state in which we still find ourselves trapped, save for surrender's sake.
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