We had been praying for some time in the large, stuffy auditorium when a couple, probably in their early 30s, came to me and asked for prayer for their troubled marriage. My translator for that session was a married man from India who was in charge of everything we were doing, so I asked him if he wanted to lead out in prayer. I figured he had a little more “authority” with the whole marriage thing since he had been married for a number of years and I’m not married. He told me no, that I should pray. So I did. I blessed their marriage and asked God to strengthen it and prayed whatever the Holy Spirit said to pray. After I got done praying, my translator asked the couple what they were feeling. The man said they were feeling peace and he also told the translator something that really took me by surprise. He said that when I put my hand on his shoulder to pray, that he saw a vision of a bearded man. He saw Jesus praying for him. That was one of the greatest lessons I learned in India. It’s not about me, but about Jesus within me. I don’t have to have “authority” in any area in order to pray and ask God to move. Who cares if I’m not married, I can pray for marriages! Who cares if you’ve never seen the blind healed, you can still pray for the blind! Who cares if you’ve never seen cancer healed, you have authority to pray! It’s not about the situation that is presented to us it’s about what God can do. It’s about extending the kingdom of God to the world we live in.
Let His Kingdom Come on EARTH as it is in heaven.
AMEN!