What do you do when you know God has spoken, but nothing around you looks like what He said? In 1 Kings 18, Elijah heard the sound of an abundance of rain while the land was still in drought. There was no storm on the horizon and no natural evidence that anything was changing. But Elijah heard something in the Spirit, and what he heard gave him the tenacity to pray until what God had revealed became visible.
In this episode of Teach and Talk, Lisa Schwarz explores the connection between supernatural senses, intercessory prayer, and perseverance. God is always speaking, but learning to recognize His voice requires us to cultivate our spiritual senses and quiet the natural noise competing for our attention. And hearing is only the beginning. Sometimes God gives us insight into what He wants to do because He is inviting us to partner with Him in prayer. The word isn't always the finish line. It may be the invitation to travail, intercede, persevere, and pray until something moves.
Lisa challenges us to stop measuring God's word by what we can currently see and to become people who know how to pivot without quitting, recognize even the smallest evidence of movement, and keep praying until the assignment is complete.
Maybe you don't see the rain yet. Maybe all you have is the sound. Keep praying.
Continue exploring this teaching with Lisa's book, There's a Super on Your Natural
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