Instant Answer
Theme of the Week: He Still Answers
Paul Meier
Tuesday, July 22, 2003
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Key Bible Verse: "Even if you had faith as small as a mustard seed you could say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it would move" (Matthew 17:20). Bonus Reading:Mark 11:22-25
In the early 1990s, I went with Robert Wise to Israel to work on the novels we were writing in the Millennium series. Near the end of our stay, I attended the service of a messianic congregation in Jerusalem. Its members were Jews who had accepted Jesus as their Messiah.
Using earphones to hear a translation in English, I was worshiping in the synagogue at the moment the rabbi explained the congregation's current needs. "We have many believers in Yeshua [Hebrew for Jesus]," the rabbi explained, "but we need counselors. Today let's pray that God will send us a psychiatrist, who can teach us about helping people with psychological problems."
The group began to pray, but I almost couldn't believe what I'd heard. Following the service, I walked forward and spoke to the rabbi. "I'm a psychiatrist," I said. "When do you want me to come?"
The rabbi was startled, obviously shocked.
The following year, I returned and trained lay counselors from all over Israel, helping the national messianic community expand its ministry. Those training sessions proved to be exciting and significant. [continued 7/23]
—Paul Meier in Fear Less for Life
My Response: Would an answer to my praying catch me off balance?
Thought to Apply: Oh! It is a glorious fact, that prayers are noticed in heaven.
—Charles H. Spurgeon (British pastor)
Adapted from Fear Less for Life (Nelson, 2002) by permission.
Copyright © 2003 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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