“One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek
after (Ps 27:4).
“If you had only ONE PRAYER that could be answered, what would
it be?”
I understand that
we could over spiritualize this and say; “My one prayer would be that the whole
would be saved.” Now that would also be
my SINGLE most important prayer. Let us all agree that seeing Asia, Africa,
Europe, or the Americas saved would be the ultimate answer to our One Prayer.
But apart from
such a monstrosity of a prayer, on a more PERSONAL intimate note, what would be
your ONE PRAYER you would pray if you could get the answer to it. If you knew you would get your ONE PRAYER
answered, what would that One Prayer be?
For some, it would
be that “My husband or wife be saved. To another it would be that my son or
daughter come to Christ. While others, it would be that my brother, friend, or
family member be delivered from addiction, bondage, or depression. Some would pray that they be healed from a horrible
disease or sickness. Others would pray for finances to allow them to take care
of their babies, family or be free from the debt pressure that is sucking the
life out of them. What ONE PRAYER would you pray?
Stop for 30 seconds
and think about that right now. What One
Prayer would you pray – if you knew you
would get the answer?
Bartimaeus was the
son of Timaeus, a successful, wealthy family. Truth is, Bartimaeus had a very
known, affluent family tree. Bartimaeus had everything he could dream of in way
of family, prestige, money, connections and admiration. However, there was one
thing Bartimaeus did not have – his eye sight. One day, Jesus asked Bartimaeus,
"What do you want Me to do for you?" And Bartimaeus said, That I
might see” (Mark 10:51).
There was a man who
had a home, job, family and means to meet every need, except one thing, his son
was mentally ill- he was a lunatic. When
Jesus asked what One Prayer he could answer, the man said, “that my son be
healed” (Mark 9:22). When Jesus asked
the man full of leprosy what One Thing he could do for him, the leper said,
“Will you make me clean?”
I could site a
dozen more scriptures like these. Even a few more shady ones: John and James
asked an egotistic request; “Grant that we may sit one on thy right hand, and
the other on thy left hand, in thy glory” (Mark 10:37). Andrew and John asked Jesus, “Where do you
live?” (John 1:38).
Listen, yes, it is
possible to get your ONE PRAYER answered.
Some don’t get their one answer because they DO NOT ASK (James
4:2). While Others don’t get answers
because they pray WRONG” (James 4:3). WHY? Because they “pray to consume it
upon their own lust” (James 4:3).
KEY: To Pray the ONE PRAYER and
get your answer you must pray beyond you self.
The only way to get saved is to SAVE OTHERS (Matt 27:42). The only way to get healed is to HEAL OTHERS
(Matt 10:8). And the only way to receive is to Give (Luke 6:38). In just about every case in Scripture, those
who received their One Prayer answered, prayed beyond self indulgence alone (to
be continued).
© 2012 by Dr Tim McClure
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