Today I want to speak directly to your heart because the Holy Spirit stirred up this urgent encouragement within me for your lives. It is what Jesus taught us in Luke 18:1 which is not optional for disciples. It’s not a suggestion. It’s a Kingdom command that “Men always ought to pray and not faint.”Remember Jesus knows the exact pressures you face and knows the storms you walk through yet He commands that we always pray. Jesus knows the delay you sometimes face in receiving your answer to prayers.Yet He still says, “Don’t faint, Don’t quit, Don’t stop praying.”
You ask the question Why? This is because He knows the answer is on the other side of your prayer request with Him and directly connected with the other side of your decision to keep standing when everything around you tries to push you into quitting.
It is time to accept with faith tHE CONTEXT OF JESUS’ COMMAND in Luke 18:1 which opens with an explanation when Jesus is teaching a parable for one reason which is to show us how to pray constantly without quitting. Jesus presents the story of a widow with absolutely no earthly advantage, no power, no influence, no backing, no advocate. Yet in that disadvantaged state she refused to stop approaching the judge and refused to let the delay define her. She flatly refused to let his silence discourage her. She refused to let hopelessness bury her prayer.
For that reason her persistence became her breakthrough. Not because the judge was righteous and felt obligated to assist her, he wasn’t but because she wouldn’t faint he was compelled to help her.
If a corrupt judge responds to persistence, How much more will our righteous Father respond to His own children? Jesus proceeds to ask a probing question at the end of the parable which we must answer in our lives: “When the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?” In other words: Will we still believe long enough to receive?
Let us look at “ WHY WE FEEL THE PRESSURE TO FAINT?” It is clear that Jesus understood everything about us. He is conscious that we as believers can lose heart not because the promise is untrue, but because the waiting period feels too long.
There are three pressure points that make believers faint: The pressure of delay when the answer doesn’t appear quickly, and the enemy whispers: “Nothing is happening.” But Jesus says: something is happening, it is just not visible yet.
Prayer works underground before it becomes visible above ground.
(2) The pressure of contradiction in the waiting period. When circumstances scream the opposite of what we prayed for. We must always remember that contradictions are not conclusions; they’re battlegrounds.
(3) The pressure of weariness sets in as the flesh gets tired, the mind grows weary and the emotions get tired and raw. However the spirit must still be willing, as your prayer is a seed planted that refuses to die.
Galatians 6:9 reads these words: “Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not faint. This points to the fact that the only condition that can stop the harvest is fainting. So refuse to faint in prayer and keep persisting in your requests.
The process of PRAYER IS SEEDTIME planting and the ANSWERS manifested ARE the HARVEST. Every prayer sown in faith becomes a seed planted in the Spirit. The moment you prayed, heaven registered the request, and the process began even if you saw no evidence of it. The widow’s persistence wasn’t mechanical. It was her faith at work refusing to surrender the seed to the enemy.
In Genesis 8:22 we see this law established by the Lord which reads: “As long as the Earth remains, seedtime and harvest shall not cease.”Your prayers participate in that law. Seedtime happens when you pray. Harvest comes when you refuse to faint.
The enemy always fights you hardest at harvest time, because he cannot stop the prayer you ask in faith, he can only stop you from receiving the answer to your prayer.
Let me tell you what the Holy Spirit impressed on my heart that if You knew how close your answer is you would be rejoicing at the extent of the harvest awaiting you to harvest. Unfortunately many believers faint right before manifestation.They walk away one prayer too early.They quit one day before the breakthrough and surrender one moment before God shifts the situation.
The Holy Spirit reminded me this morning in my communion time with this urgent word for your life “Do not faint. The Holy Spirit is coming with the answer on how to reap your harvest .” Remember your persistence is not in vain. Your faith is not being ignored by the Lord. Your tears are not forgotten and your prayer is not lost. Heaven is moving on your behalf. Angels are working to bring forth your answer into the earth realm. Grace is released through this word to strengthen you as your answer is forming.
So today rise up again with courage in the Lord. Throw out emotional strength and
physical willpower. Yield to the Holy Spirit empowered endurance which the Holy Spirit is releasing to you through this word. Remember you have prayed. Now hold your ground by standing on the promise. Emphatically refuse to back down and refuse to change your confession by refusing to speak doubt.
Confess you boldly “My answer is coming and I refuse to faint.” No storms, no delays can stop you and the enemy can’t stop you because your God is faithful and
He watches over His word to perform it on your behalf.
Today arise in persistent faith like that persistent widow who even though she had every reason to quit refused to cave in but persisted to lay hold of her vindication. You have every reason to persevere because the Lord is with you. Your prayer has a harvest ready to manifest and that harvest has your name on it. Don’t let the enemy steal what belongs to you by fainting at the door of your miracle. Boldly press through by pressing forward with faith in Jesus’ Name, Amen.