Right now while I am writing this, there are many efforts going on to dig out trapped coal miners and bring them to safety. In news reports, we hear many facts about how this rescue operation is being pursued, and we hope those operations are successful. We also hear many dire predictions about the trapped miners. But those who read the Bible may notice what news reports say about many people that are praying on behalf of the coal miners. Can prayer help bring about a rescue? The Bible shows how prayer can and does save mankind.
All through the Bible there are many instances where prayer saved lives. Moses, by listening to God and obediently following God’s directions, almost single-handedly defeated the most powerful country in the world, and delivered the children of Israel to freedom. It was his constant faith in God that brought the victory.
When Daniel was put in the lions’ den, it looked certain that his life would be lost. What chance did he have against a bunch of hungry lions? But when Daniel prayed, God kept the lions’ mouths shut and Daniel was delivered unharmed.
The Bible promises, “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.” (Psalms 91:1-3) Prayer brings to light that man is never alone, but is in the secret place of the most high; that man is protected and governed by God, and can feel God’s love right there with them. They can trust God, as Moses and Daniel did, and God will deliver them like Moses and Daniel were delivered from Egypt and from the lion’s den.
No matter what the dire predictions the news makes that does not make it so. If God did not say it nothing has been said. Jesus said “With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.” (Mark 10:27)
A few years ago there were news reports about a little girl that had been abducted. For several days she was not found, and news reports predicted that the chance that she would be found was very slim. In my prayer, I refused to believe that harm could come to the girl... I felt that God was love and was with that girl right that very minute. She was not helpless; she had the power of God on her side. I thanked God that there was no evil person to abduct a child. God did not make an evil man, but God made only good. All around her were God’s angels protecting and guiding her.
A day or two later there were news reports that she luckily had escaped unharmed. They reported that the kidnapper had left her in an empty warehouse. While she was there she saw a window and managed to open it a crack. She screamed for help, and a couple of other children helped pull her through the window to safety. My prayers, as well as those of countless others, led to her release. The power of prayer is what freed her.
This collective prayer to divine Love is effective and powerful. We all can witness the effects of our unselfish prayer for others right now. Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, said in her book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, “When man is governed by God, the ever-present Mind who understands all things, man knows that with God all things are possible. The only way to this living Truth, which heals the sick, is found in the Science of divine Mind as taught and demonstrated by Christ Jesus.” (180: 26)
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