Grace to you & peace from God our Father & the Lord Jesus Christ.
“Greater Works? Greater Prayer!” is July 22’s morning entry from Dr. David Jeremiah’s ‘Turning Points with God: 365 Daily Devotions’.
"If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you." John 15:7
“If a little’s good, at lot’s got to be better.” You’ve probably applied that principle at times in your life and found it’s not always true. For example, a small amount of pie is good, but a lot is fattening. A small dose of fertilizer helps a plant to grow, but a big dose will kill it. A little ingredient in a recipe makes it perfect, but a lot makes it a disaster. But there are some areas of life where a lot is always better: prayer, for example.
Jesus once told His disciples something that no doubt amazed them: they would do greater works than He had done. He was leaving the earth and returning to Heaven and was commissioning them to continue His words and works–but on a grander scale! While they were pondering that revelation, He told them how it would be possible: through prayer. The works (John 14:12) can be accomplished only through prayer (John 14:13).
“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. Whatever you ask in My name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”
Imagine the kinds of works we could do if we prayed more than we do! Prayer is an area of the spiritual life where a lot is always better.
If you would like to accomplish greater works for Christ in your life, try starting with prayer. The greater the prayer to God, the greater the works for God.
To end, a quote from Leonard Ravenhill, “The average church knows more about promotion than prayer.”
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
