The Power of Prayer and GE15

https://odb.org/MY/2022/11/18/thoughts-and-prayers

Peter’s experience with the angel that helped him miraculously escape from prison (Acts 12:4-11) is different from Paul and Silas’ experience in prison (Acts 16:16-40) where an earthquake broke open the prison doors with the prisoners not escaping which led to the salvation of the prison keeper and his family. The difference is perhaps because Peter was going to face possible execution the next day but Paul and Silas were actually released the next day by the magistrates who had put them in jail at the instigation of the people, in particular, the owner of the slave girl who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future. While Paul and Silas’ miracle occurred when they were praying and singing hymns, Peter’s miracle was due to the church continual prayers for him. Both were supernatural in nature and prayer had a major part to play in both.

There is power in prayer; that’s for sure. Prayer can move mountains, figuratively speaking, as prayer moves the hand of God. God being the Almighty who created heaven and earth is surely able to do all things and prayer is the trigger for Him to move supernaturally and miraculously. Does it mean that every time we pray God will supernaturally come into the natural and change events and the course of history? No! But something happens in the spiritual realm and that may set a chain of events in the natural that may eventually change the course of history if our prayer is in the will of God.

So if we have been praying for GE15, we can see that a series of events had led to a change in tide against BN despite them having scored landslide victories in Johor and Melaka at the beginning of the year. We know the reasons for the winds of change but I’m sure the prayer of the saints had something to do with it. From despair and exasperation, we now have hope for the future. Issues have gone beyond race and religion. The narrative is we are in this together, everyone of us in the effort to save the country from doom and destruction. Although incumbency weilds tremendous benefits, any government will know that the toughest time for elections is always during bad economic times but circumstances have been such that the ruling coalition have had no choice but to call for early elections. Are all these factors mere coincidences? Or did our prayers make the difference in the spiritual realm?

Do not discount the power of prayer for big events like GE15 or even for smaller but still significant events or situations facing people we know who may request for our prayers. Pray continually for our nation as well as our friends and family. Pray for God’s will be done here on earth as it is in heaven. Continue to pray until we see the glory of God exalted all over the earth. Continue to pray for His will be done for Malaysia and most importantly continue to pray for GE15 as Malaysia goes into the polls tomorrow! Happy voting!