The War

Janelle:
The war has intensified. I listened to John Jeffries word from a month ago on my laundry day, and was really struck by a story he told of Sam Fife. He was talking about how they were praying for John Hinsen not to go to jail, and in the story, they were all praying fervently and then a bunch of people left and some time after that, Sam's head came up and he said: "He's here. We have His ear. Let's make our request." It was so powerful to think that the we have his ear. That He will listen to us as we make our request to him, but we have to wait on him. It's not a magic button, it's our God, whom we serve and it's our responsibility to wait on him. To know the difference of being in his presence or not.
The war to me has gotten a lot harder, just in being faithful every day. It's evident from the lack of posts on this blog, that I have been struggling. In the same way that I don't give myself much room with exercise, I need to not give myself any room when exercising my spirit.
It seems it's a lot harder to simply think about what God is speaking today then to just go for a run. But if I'm not faithful, I won't be counted.