Lighthouse Keeper

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14

Today, I took delivery of my long awaited “Prayer Chair”. Ok it’s just a LA-Z BOY recliner but it’s for my little prayer room and I’m very excited about it. 

The delivery driver texted me last night to say he’d arrive at 7am off the Desert Road from Wellington. Last night, the Lord put it on my heart to pray for the delivery driver as he travelled north up state highway one. So I put up a quick prayer and thought nothing more of it. 

The truck arrived on time this morning and the driver was shaken. He told me he had just avoided a head-on collision with a backpacker van overtaking a huge truck. His 10 tonne truck locked up as he came around the corner and saw the van on his side of the road. 

The driver showed me the dash -cam footage on his tablet. He wasn’t exaggerating. It was a terrifying video of the backpacker van sandwiched between two trucks as it overtook on a blind corner. Seconds later, and all three vehicles would have been annihilated. 

As he stood in my living room assembling the “Prayer Chair” it occurred to me that maybe my little 20 second prayer last night made a difference. Glory to God. I shouldn’t say “maybe” and have certainty that it did. Prayer always makes a difference. And I need to remind myself that my prayer life matters and that God hears and sees from heaven. 

I hope this little testimony encourages you in your prayer life. Pray, pray,pray. 

I’d better break in my prayer chair now. There are prayers that need to rise like incense before the throne of God (psalm 141:2).