I have had many experiences in my prayer life where I have had moments of sickness over my sin, tears over my pride, joy from being with the Holy Spirit, and sheer happiness as I danced before my God for His grace and mercy in my life. I still remember the day our assistant pastor was being prayed for as he took a call to ministry in another province. I had been called to replace him and as I stood on the platform, it was if the anointing that had been on him, came on me, and it was so overwhelming, I had to leave the church sanctuary, hide in my office, and just cry. Amazing times. So when I read about Saul’s experience, I got it.

When Saul finished his ecstatic dancing and shouting, he went to the altar on the hill. – 1 Samuel 10:13 GNT

I think Saul enjoyed the solitude of the walk to Gibeah. So when he met the prophets it was a time to rejoice and worship God with all his might.

I am sure he had been praying the whole way for God to give him what he needed to rule well.

He knows that something has taken place in his life to change him and I am sure that even his prayer life that day changed too.

These are times when we can see that God wants to change the lives of so many. He is counting on my prayers to come to a place where I know they matter to the ones who do not know Him. I can see judgment coming, so instead of just watching it happen, I need to be interceding for the lost.

You cry out, ‘Sword of the Lord!

    How long will you go on slashing?

Go back to your scabbard,

    stay there and rest!’ – Jeremiah 47:6 GNT

I need to call out too, crying out for mercy. May God then show His salvation as I pray continually for those who do not know Him.

“It usually requires years of experience in petitionary prayer to get the perspective necessary to see some of the reasons for God’s timing. In some cases we realize that we needed to change before we were able to receive the request rightly or without harming ourselves. In other cases it becomes clear that the waiting brought us the thing we wanted and also developed in us a far more patient, calm, and strong temperament.” – Timothy Keller