This morning as I sit at the computer I have been looking out the window at the grassy back yard of my apartment complex and watching over 20 Robins listening for worms and bugs. I have lived here for almost two years and never saw more than three Robins at one time. What caused them to all come out at the same time? Then it dawned on me it must be the coming storm. Last night’s news stated that a storm was coming that was bringing a lot of arctic chilled air and snow was expected even in the valley floor. The birds must sense the coming storm. They were preparing, eating food to sustain them until the storm passed.
Science teaches us that animals have a natural sense for impending danger. God gave the creatures He created the ability to sense such changes as a storm coming. It is in their nature to prepare for these things they sense.
God gave us, also His creation, the ability to sense spiritual storms. He has already given us what we need to prepare. There is a phrase that the older people in Church tend to say about facing hardships, “You gotta’ be prayed up to stay up!” Prayer is the preparation for spiritual danger. Prayer is simply conversation with God. It involves thanking Him, adoring Him, praising Him, discussing things over with Him, and requesting His help with things on a daily basis. Prayer is the one thing that works in this physical world and the spiritual unseen world that surrounds us. Prayer affects both worlds and transcends what we think is impossible, making it possible.
Do not get me wrong, God hears last minute prayers, but how much better to be praying on a regular basis so that when a storm of trials arrives we already have that peace that God has it in control!
There’s a storm comin’. Are you “prayed up”?
