PRAYER CAN SUBDUE PEOPLE
Memorise: He shall subdue the people under us, and the
nations under our feet. Psalm 47:3
Read: 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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