Lots of people take different kinds of vitamins that they hope will enhance the health of their mind and body. Well---okay---I take a few too; Calcium for healthy bones, Vitamin C, low-dose aspirin, and of course, the daily multi-vitamin for women over 50!
But my favorite "vitamin" that 'picks me up' and gives me new vigor is the mid-week prayer and praise service! Last night it was so good to pray with the family of God around the altar before we went home to listen to the last Presidential debate before the election.
Our pastor had shared with us that he had awakened at 4 am that morning, very burdened by these words---"What if the results of the election depended on your prayers?"
He then read to us from the 22nd chapter of Ezekiel, ending with the very sad words in verses 30 and 31:
"And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them: I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God."
Perhaps we need to think deeply on this quote from O. Hallesby:
"It is necessary for the Spirit of God to burn into our hearts this mystery, that the most important work we have to do is that which must be done on our knees, alone with God, away from the bustle of the world and the plaudits of men."
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