Day 15: Praise the Holy Spirit
- Our Greatest Prayer Warrior! (Rom. 8:26)
- Our prayer life (Psalm 42)
- The Prayer Ministry (Eph. 6:18)
As our airplane raced down the runway at the small international airport in Paraguay I reached for Carol’s hand and whispered a brief prayer. When I opened my eyes and looked out my window, I saw a flash in the engine. The next thing we knew the plane slowed down and came to a stop. During the next thirty minutes a couple of men brought ladders to the engine to take a look. I asked one of the flight attendants if it was a big problem or a little problem. She assured me in a mix of Spanish and English that we had nothing to worry about. It wasn’t long before our flight home to Miami was underway. You guessed it: we REALLY prayed this time. We were not confident that the engine was fixed. We were not comfortable with flying overnight across Brazil and the Caribbean on this airplane. And to be really transparent, we were anxious about flying on a South American airline. All of which intensified my prayer. I can’t remember the exact words, but I know I poured out my heart to God. Fear will do that for you. I was truly afraid that the engine to my left would fail somewhere over the Amazon River. My second prayer of the evening was more intense, more desperate: “Lord, we are completely in your hands tonight. We want to get home to see our boys. We have seen you do great things during the mission trip in Brazil this week. But we are scared that this plane is no longer safe. O God, remind us that you are fully capable of taking care of us and that you are stronger than any of our fears. Help us, protect us, in Jesus’ name. Amen.” I have never forgotten that sense of fear and the realization that His power keeps planes in the air and our lives in his hands.
“A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, ‘Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?’ He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, ‘Quiet! Be still!’ Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.’” Mark 4:37-39 (NIV)
Mighty Lord, master of unexpected waves and storms, remind me of what you did for us that night. And as you do, may I continue to depend on your power for what I will need today.
~Pastor Tim Simpson
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