JOB WAS HEALED BECAUSE HE PRAYED FOR "OTHERS"

JOB WAS HEALED BECAUSE HE PRAYED FOR "OTHERS"
Scripture: Job 42:10-13
Topic: Job Was Healed Because He Prayed for “OTHERS”

"And THE LORD TURNED THE CAPTIVITY OF JOB, WHEN HE PRAYED FOR HIS FRIENDS: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. He had also seven sons and three daughters."
Job 42:10-13

The key to Job’s deliverance was his prayer for “others”. God actually told Job to pray for “others” rather than to pray for himself. When you think about “others” and when you help “others”, great blessings start coming into your life. 

Many people spend their lives praying for themselves, praying for blessings and praying for help from God. Is it not amazing that when God wanted to bless Job and deliver him from his great calamity, He simply asked him to pray for “others”? 

Job became the most famous survivor of trials that ever lived, because of the heart he had for “others”. You can always know someone’s heart when you listen to the person’s prayers.  Praying for “others” is a master key to having a fulfilled life. Job was afflicted in many ways. He lost all his children, his businesses, his property, his good health and even his close associates. His wife asked him to denounce God. His friends pointed out that he must have committed some secret sins that attracted such problems.

Job had a great need for personal prayer. Job was the one who was sick. Job was the one who had financial problems and family crises. Job could have spent all the time praying for deliverance from his many calamities. He could have forgotten about everyone else and concentrated on his own afflictions. But he thought of others! He thought about his friends and prayed for them.

Most people become great by thinking about others! Today, Job is remembered as the man who stayed focused on God, even in the most difficult circumstances. Job is the quintessence of endurance and survival! Job overcame many amazing difficulties. How did he do it? How did he pray? He prayed for “others”! 

Your greatness, your fame and your promotion will come in the day you overcome selfishness and bring yourself to pray for “others”! It is time to rise up and pray for “others”. 

The reason you are unable to pray for a long time is that you do not pray for anyone or anything other than yourself. Honestly, you will not have much to pray for if you are praying for yourself. Your prayers will last for only a few minutes and you will sit there wondering why people pray for a long time.

It is time to rise up and pray for “others”. Overcome the spirit of selfishness and self-centredness! Pray for “others”! Intercede for “others”! Do something for “others”!

Credits: Excerpt from
Others
Bishop Dag Heward-Mills 

Comments

  1. Beryl29 July 2022 at 05:18

    Amen!! What a powerful key!! Praying for others. Lord help me to overcome selfishness and Self-centerdness and pray for others

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  2. Irene29 July 2022 at 05:52

    Amen! My greatness, fame and promotion will only come when l stop being selfish and start praying for others like Job did.

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