Day #29 — “Soiled Diapers”
During the fellowship portion of our Tuesday Bible Study, we watched a couple of YouTube videos: the boy praying for revival for the nations (his weeping brought me to tears);
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the praying girl (she prayed for all of SEVEN minutes!!!!);
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and the preaching baby (only God knew what he was saying but we could sense the spirit behind his preaching). [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMzwAEI56-4&fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01]
One of the ladies in our group proceeded to tell the story of a baby whose amazing act she had witnessed. The child, still in diapers, went over to change his own diaper, then went to the pulpit, picked up the mic, and started preaching! I don’t know about them, but for me, that was a rhema (when something has meaning just for you) word! I know of some, who, before they enter into a time of prayer in the morning, have to wash their faces and brush their teeth. Certainly this is not a pre-requisite for prayer, but it does help. What is your routine? Whatever it is, we have to come before God as that baby did — CLEAN! That child removed the thing that soiled him, that impeded his progress. Then he moved forward into ministry. And still . . . a child shall lead us!
Father, it is true that when we come to You, sometimes we are still wearing our soiled diapers. We do not know how to shake free from the weights and sins that so easily beset us. Sometimes we don’t even come to You because the stench of our diapers is so strong and Your holiness deserves so much more. Thank You for not rejecting us and both showing us the way and making the way for us to come clean before You. Help us to be free of the dirty diapers so that we can offer You the worship and lives that bless You! Amen!
APPLICATION: Have you changed your soiled diapers? How would you go about doing that?