The Greatest Thing!
In Matthew 10:24 we read ‘A student is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.’ Jesus was speaking to his disciples openly showing them that they would be persecuted because he was persecuted. Those who follow Him will be treated just as he was. This principle, of not being exempt from what the master went through, applies to several other areas of life, including prayer. Of course Jesus has promised that we will do great things in his name. He promises that we will heal the sick, just as he did; move mountains, raise the dead and do great and marvellous things. He even says greater things than he did shall we do when we believe. (See John 14:12-14)
In order for us to do the things that Jesus did, we ought also to live as Jesus lived. The bible is full of records of Jesus regularly in prayer. In Mark 1:33, he woke up early in the morning and went to a solitary place to pray. In Matthew 14:23 he went to the mountainside by himself to pray. In Mark 14:32 he left the disciples and told them ‘Sit here while I pray’. In John 17 we see Jesus actually praying for himself, his immediate disciples and for those who were later to believe. Therefore, in order for us to do the things that Jesus did, we ought also to pray. Perhaps we should wake up early in the morning. Or find a place where we can be alone. You see, for us to do the things that Jesus did, we ought to pray like he prayed; for a student is no greater than his master. As Dick Eastman says:
‘Those who learn to kneel in humility and weakness will soon feel God’s supernatural power. The man of prayer is the man of power.’
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