A New Direction?

The last couple of weeks I have been doing a lot of reading on prayer.  Specifically, I have read two books by Peter Greig (one of the founders of the 24-7 Prayer Movement) - one titled God on Mute that talks about unanswered prayer and one titled Red Moon Rising that tells the story of 24-7 prayer.

As I've read, I have found myself inexorably drawn to this 24-7 prayer thing.  The very idea that a church can pray, as one church in Bluffton, IN has done, for TWO YEARS without stopping is so mind blowing that I want to have a part in it...I want to make it happen somewhere, anywhere around me.

The more I think about it, the more I think this might be the beginning of God's answer to my many prayers seeking clear direction for my future.  I've read other books that tell exciting stories of what God is doing in various ministries, and those books make me want to get involved too.  But nothing like this.  When I read Red Moon Rising  or I visit the 24-7 prayer website (24-7prayer.com), I feel like my whole body is afire with desire to get involved.  I haven't felt anything like this in a long time.

Perhaps it is a new direction.  I confess that it terrifies me, because prayer is one area of my spiritual life that I am decidedly not good at.  Not to mention, how do you make a living at prayer?  But I want it so badly that I would gladly sacrifice almost anything in my life to be a part of it.  My hope is that God makes clear his desire.  I know that he will...

eventually.