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The Prayer Tool of Stillness and Movement - Wrench

The Prayer Tool of Stillness and Movement - Wrench

A wrench is a tool with jaws normally used for holding, turning or twisting rotary fasteners, such as

nuts and bolts. It provides grip and mechanical advantage in applying torque, a twisting force that causes rotation, to turn objects or keep them from turning.

“Be still and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen; I will be exalted in the earth (Psalm 46:10).” Sometimes the purpose of the wrench of prayer is to keep you still and allow you to cease your constant moving. If you are not careful, the demands of life can keep you so busy moving here and there that you do not give your relationship with God, the quality time that it requires. In the stillness, you learn to be. “It is in God that we live, move, and have our being (Acts 17:28).” You are not a human doing; you are a human being learning to be human. It is in the stillness that you know God. Whenever you are still, you know the I AM that is God. In the stillness, you receive direction about your next move. Don’t make a move until you have been still long enough to get clarity about what to do and how to do it.

At other times, the wrench of prayer is movement, turning and twisting you into action. The “lame man” was at the pool for thirty-eight years being still and waiting for someone to help him get in the pool. “Jesus said unto him, Rise, take up your bed, and walk (John 5:8).” He had been still long enough; it was time for him to make a move. “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also (James 2:26).” After a time of stillness, it is important to give feet to your faith and do the necessary movement to bring your good into expression.


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