The Prayer Station

Throughout life we will find ourselves at various stages and locations. This can also be referred to as a station. Those with military experience associate the word with where they will be fulfilling the mission for 1-3 years or more. As it relates to music, the radio station plays the music we enjoy. However, there’s another station that we sometimes neglect, but is more valuable than any station and that is the prayer station.

To understand the prayer station, let’s look at a few definitions of the word station from dictionary.com:

· a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.

· a stopping place for trains or other land conveyances, for the transfer of freight or passengers.

· a place equipped for some particular kind of work, service, research, or the like: gasoline station; geophysical station.

· a studio or building from which broadcasts originate.

· a specific frequency or band of frequencies assigned to a regular or special broadcaster: Tune to the Civil Defense station.

We live in the bold confidence that God hears our voices when we ask for things that fit His plan. 1 John 5:14 The Voice

So based on these definitions, we can deduct that a prayer station is a place where someone is normally located. Where are you normally located? Is spending time in prayer a normal pass time for you or do you just drop by the station when things are really tough? The prayer station is a place where transfers of people and freight take place. In other words, the prayer station is where you cast your cares. It is where you transfer the weight of other people that you have been carrying onto God (1 Peter 5:7). Like a gas station, the prayer station is a place to be refueled. There’s an expectancy when you arrive at the prayer station that God will meet you there and fill your tank. It’s advisable to visit the prayer station and not wait until the low fuel light comes on. You don’t want to run the risk of completely running out of power. The prayer station is also where we receive broadcasts-new wisdom, revelation and insight from God. After we have made our transfer, we can be still and listen for the daily broadcast-our direction, new strategies, etc. Lastly, in order to receive the broadcasts, we must be tuned in to the right frequency. We can have one foot in and one foot out. We have to be fully committed to our time at the prayer station. Not only do we have to be fully committed, but we have to be fully confident that God not only hears us but will answer us. So, your challenge this week is to make frequent visits to the prayer station. Go with expectancy to be refueled, reignited, revived. Go with boldness, knowing that God is there and ready to answer. Most importantly, go declaring the word and the will of God, that it may be established in that situation you’re bringing in prayer. Until next week.

Be blessed, but first comes obedience!

Rev. Robin