Blade Devotional
DEPENDENCY THROUGH PRAYER
The Lord Jesus never did anything unless the Father showed Him how to do it.
Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I aid it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me – John 11:41-42
When reading the story of how the Lord Jesus Christ raised Lazarus from the dead, we often just focus on how the Lord just commanded the dead man to come out of his tomb. We then neglect what He said before performing such a big miracle.
Before the Lord raised Lazarus from the dead, He spoke to the Father and thanked Him that the Father always heard Him. That means, before the Lord Jesus Christ raised Lazarus from the dead, He prayed to the Father first. He petitioned the Father for His help.
In explaining how miracles happened around Him, the Lord Jesus said it’s the Father in Him doing the work, and that He never did anything unless the Father showed Him how to do it. For this to happen, the Lord Jesus Christ had to pray first and only then go out and raise the dead. Dependency on the Father through intense prayer is the explanation behind the miraculous life and ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ. Let’s learn to depend on the Father and pray and ask Him for His help and also wait for Him to show us what to do. Amen.
PRAYER
Father in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I pray that I should do nothing except you show me first how to do it. I pray that I should do nothing but it should be Christ in me doing the work. Amen.