PRAYER
CAN SUBDUE PEOPLE
Memorise:
He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. Psalm 47:3
Read:
Genesis 32:6-12 & 33:4, Bible in one year: 1st Chronicles 12:14,
Luke 16:14-31
When Jacob was told that his brother,
Esau, who had sworn to kill him, was coming to meet him with four hundred men,
he was justifiably afraid and distressed. However, he prayed to God for
deliverance, reminding Him of His covenant with his father. Several things
happened to Jacob as a result of this prayer. After he prayed, God changed his
name from Jacob to Israel
(Genesis 32:28). Prayer can rename a situation or an individual, and it can
also terminate the regime of an evil era induced by a bad name. When prayer
ends a bad name, there will no longer be any reason to call the fellow by the
former name. God told Jacob “From today, nobody will call you that name again.”
As soon as He said it, every reproach the name had attached to him was
completely erased. Royalty took over from there. From today, you shall no
longer be called barren! You shall labour without receiving a commensurate
harvest. From today, sorrow, tears and disappointment have ended in your life!
Beside this, prayer gave Jacob power
with God and helped him prevail over the anger of his brother. To subdue
impossible human beings, you need power with God. The extent to which you can
control men will be determined by the power you have with God, because it’s God
who subdues men under you (Psalm 47:3). Whenever you pray intensely from your
heart, power is produced. The power that prayer generates can be channelled
towards achieving any goal. When you pray effectively concerning your business,
the power to succeed in it is released to you. If you are struggling in your
studies, you need to pray intensely, and the power to enable you all that you
should do to succeed in your academics will be released.
Acts 1:8 declares that when the Holy
Spirit comes, power comes with Him. When you pray in the Holy Ghost with your
heart, power comes. This power may come in the form of understanding difficult
subjects you are studying, wisdom to relate with subordinates in such a manner
that garners their support to enable you succeed in your assignment or
ministry, and so on. Prayer also helps you to be victorious over men. Are
people rising up against you? Pray! As you pray, they will be subdued. Is
anyone threatening your life like Esau did to Jacob? Pray, and the Lord will
subdue them.
Action
Point
One
weapon every leader requires to keep the loyalty of their subjects and
subordinates is prayer. Pray that God will keep those under your faithful to
your righteous cause.
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