March 17

We’ve all read the stories of people whose lives had taken them far from the inheritance to which they were heir, of the valiant search that was made for them so they could receive what was rightfully theirs. Sometimes we feel like those lost people. We know something is missing from our lives, but we haven’t discovered what it is or how to attain it.

At times, we feel we must struggle against circumstances and prevail upon God if we are ever to embrace what we know, in the depth of our being, to be ours—elusive though it may be. King David expressed our frustration when he said in II Kings 20:3, “O Lord, remember how I have walked before You in faithfulness, how I have sought You with a full heart and done what is good in Your sight.”

Like David, we are endeavoring to prevail upon God to move His mighty hand in our behalf because we are worthy, because we deserve to see evidence that He is on our side—evidence that declares to the world that there is a reward to righteousness, to following God’s path rather than the world’s path. So we enumerate our litany of surrender and service in order to prevail upon the Lord to undertake in our behalf.

What has escaped our awareness is the fact that HE is always with us! He knows our “down-sitting and our up-rising.” He knows the thoughts and intents of our hearts. More than we yearn to be restored to the fullness of our inheritance in Christ, the Lord longs to lavish us with power in our prayers, with prevailing faith to enable us to serve Him with might so we’ll be empowered to receive to ourselves the fruit of His provision!