Today we had a guest preacher from the Elevation Church in Charlotte. His name is Steven Furtick, and he is an extraordinary speaker. This is the second time I've heard him. Today, he spoke out of Joshua 10. Basically, there is this war going on, and Joshua asks God if he'll make the sun stand still because he's running out of time to defeat his enemies. There were three points about this that stick out.
1. His prayer is audacious:
2. It was Accurate
3. There was Action taken because of it.
I think many times our prayers aren't accurate. How can God help us if we aren't specific? The analogy he used was like when babies want something, but all they can say is Uhhhhh.... Then parents say, "Use your words." What if God feels like that? We should be accurate with our prayers.
Also, another good analogy he used, was about him, and his son. While they were recently on vacation at the beach, he and his 3 year old son would venture out into the waves. When the water reached up to his sons chest they stopped. When waves came, Pastor Steven would lift his son in the air, and his son would shout, "I'm the wave jumper." After an hour of doing this, Pastor Stevens arms were getting tired, he began to have this thought. When his son would scream "I'm the wave jumper," Steven would think, "No you're not!" You aren't doing anything. You are only doing what I let you do. You go as far out into the water as I lead you, and you trust that I will protect you." I thought that was an awesome analogy of our relationship with God, our Heavenly Father.
