Daily Devotion For November 1

Drilling Through Rock

I was standing at my kitchen window one day looking out as I did some dishes. As I did so I saw someone put something into our postbox. Once I was done with the dishes I went to go and collect the mail and see what it was.

I discovered that it was the water bill, but I was horrified at our water consumption. It was so big and the bill was very high as a result of it. But we were not using any more water than normal. It was clear that there was a leak.

After doing some investigating we discovered that there was a broken pipe right underneath the house. We could see water leaking through the wall and at ground level and even heard it at times.

Now we had to do something fast! We had to switch the water off at the mains, and we found someone who could come and try and fix it for us. He had to use a jack hammer to try and bore through the bricks and get to underneath the house.

The poor guy worked for hours and it seemed as though he would never reach the pipe. He did finally get there though and was able to fix the problem. Soon we had running water again and a normal water bill.

When I looked at the poor plumber drilling away like mad there I thought that this is often very much like our prayer lives.

Have you ever had a time when you were earnestly praying for something and you just couldn't break through? Perhaps you felt tired after a while and it felt as though you were literally drilling through rock in the spirit.

Well if this is how you have felt, let me assure you that this is pretty normal. There are often times when you will experience it, and you may feel like giving up. You might feel that you can't push through because it just seems to be going nowhere.

If you feel like this, I want to urge you to push on through because you will soon have a breakthrough. And when that happens you will have a tremendous victory and your prayer life will take off again.

Sometimes the enemy may be trying to stop you. Other times you may be feeling blocked in your spirit, and if you just push through your spirit will break free again.

Whatever happens, know that it will not last forever and that you will break into something new and exciting.

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If you feel as though you are drilling through rock, I want to lift you up and pray that the Lord would help you to get the breakthrough.

Thank you Lord for helping us to push through and to get victory in our prayer lives.

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Today may you keep going in your prayer life even when it seems to be tough. May you know that victory will soon be yours.