Visualize what God has for us
Dr. Roberto Miranda
(Audio: Spanish)
SUMMARY: In this meditation, the speaker reflects on the importance of reaching a point of focus, passion, urgency, and extreme need in prayer, similar to the "Oh" of Jabez. Sometimes, God waits for our prayer to reach this level of purity and urgency so that we can understand the implications of our request and be emotionally mature enough to process the response. Additionally, the speaker emphasizes the power of visualizing and daydreaming about the things we want in our mind and spirit, as this helps to give power and effectiveness to our requests. The ability to see things in three dimensions in our mind is a great resource for the life of faith, and Christians should develop this skill more often. The speaker uses examples from the Bible, including Joseph's dreams, to illustrate the importance of visualizing and daydreaming in the life of faith.
Our last meditation led us to meditate a little bit on the expressive "Oh" of Jabez that evokes so much about the life of prayer. We said that it is so important in the life of prayer and in the life of faith to reach that red-hot point, that point of focus, of passion, of urgency, of extreme need, to come and throw ourselves at the feet of the King and ask justice, and ask for grace for a powerful need we have.
I used to say that God often waits until our life, our prayer, our requests reach that point of focus because many times we are asking and we do not understand everything that our request implies.
I used to say that God often waits until our life, our prayer, our requests reach that point of focus because many times we are asking and we do not understand everything that our request implies.
