Sometimes you have to pray in the midst of death and when you don’t know what to say, you just say JESUS!! Tell adversity in its face who you are and whose you are! Just this morning, it felt like every car that came close to me tried to run me off the road or crash. From cars rushing into my lane almost hitting me by inches, 18 wheelers slamming on breaks prematurely and being cut off when it was hardly room for them to cut in at the last minute. Each time, I just called out JESUS!! Sometimes, we can’t give a full prayer in the midst of danger, but when we say Jesus… it’s like He shows up immediately.
It reminds me when Peter walked on water. Jesus IMMEDIATELY caught peter when he began to sink.1- Peter called on the right person to save him and 2- Peter was close enough to Jesus for Him to catch his hand.
Matthew 14:28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”
29 “Come,” he said.
Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus.30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”
31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him.
I encourage you to stay near to Jesus, call on him when you need him and to simply thank Him in advance before danger even strikes!!
Desieray N. Brown