FAITH CAPSULE: Understanding of praying instead of sorrow sleep is to prevail in this world.

Luke 22:39-62

In life, it is understanding that will lift man and it is also true that man is limited when there is no understanding. By understanding, can you identify if your prayer is awake or asleep?
It is important to understand and know that a believer on ground of prayer and goes down to sleep instead of praying is having a sorrow sleep. Disciples of Jesus went to sleep when Jesus identified sleep of sorrow as stated, “When He rose up from prayer, and had come to His disciples, He found them sleeping from sorrow.  Then He said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation.” (Luke 22:45-46) Sorrow sleep is an open invitation for the one and only enemy to sow where it is not permitted. When sleep takes over, prayer withdraws to the back seat while temptation takes the driver’s seat as the reigning driver. The word of Jesus buttressed it that sleeping in place of being awake is a possible door opener for temptation.
Again, understand and know that a believer that takes prayer more serious than sleeping will take to the way for heaven right here on earth. Daniel is one of the few examples. Prayer was made a captain over captivity. While in captivity, when he could have been dead, he outlived four different rulers that did not know God: Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Darius, and Cyrus.
Daniel prevailed because prayer was his major weapon.
When they tried to destroy him, he depended on the power of prayer instead of sleeping a sorrow sleep. When they tried to persecute him, he was persistent in prayer. When there was an attempt to put him down, he was lifted up by prayer. When it was time for him to breakthrough, he was able to break down the meaning of a dream by praying with his friend. The magicians and sorcerers were killed because they could not break the dream which could not take the life of Daniel and friends. Daniel did not sleep but embarked on prayer to engage confronting temptation. Captivity was not enough to hold Daniel from living a purposeful and fulfilled life. He purposed not to defile God and prayer was the propeller of his purpose. With prayer, do you have a purpose in place for your life?
The enemy came to kill and to destroy when he is privilege to sow as man sleeps. The enemy’s sowing will yield to pain and sudden untimely death. Be awake, watch and pray to deny the enemy from sowing evil into your life.

Prayer for today: Ask that God’s hand shall not release you to the hand of the wicked.