” . . . I began to learn not to pray about any strategy, but to make prayer the strategy.”- Greg Pruett, President of Pioneer Bible Translators
Max Lucado continues Chapter 12 of Glory Days by reminding us that, in order to outwit the devil’s deceit, we must consult God in everything and . . .
2. Call on God for great things. Because Joshua made an alliance with the Gibeonites, five other Canaanite kings saw the Gibeonites as traitors and attacked with their armies. Having marched all night from Gilgal, Joshua counterattacked the five kings. Although the five armies quickly retreated, Joshua knew he needed more time to achieve victory. So Joshua asked God to stop the sun (Joshua 10:13). The next verse records God’s response:
“There has been no day like it before or since, when the Lord heeded the voice of a man, for the Lord fought for Israel.”- Joshua 10:14
The Lord chose to hear and heed Joshua’s request. Max’s friend, Greg Pruett, experienced God’s answer to prayer after he was asked to assume the presidency of Pioneer Bible Translators in 2008. That year a great recession was sucking dollars out of the economy, and this trickled down to that ministry in the form of fewer resources and donors. Greg knew only one way to respond- prayer.
By the end of the fiscal year, God had provided- although there was no tangible explanation for God’s provision. All Greg had was God and prayer.
Today’s question: How would you respond to Greg’s comment about prayer? Please share.
Tomorrow’s blog: “God and prayer”
