STAND AT WATCH

Habakkuk 2:1

The book of Habakkuk begins with a dialogue between Habakkuk and God.  After Habakkuk’s second outcry, Habakkuk declares that he will station himself on the tower, stand on the watch, and look for God’s answer.  In the place of prayer, Habakkuk has brought a complaint of injustice to God the Father, the judge and ruler of all. 

Prayer is not only making our requests known to God.  Part of prayer is receiving God’s answer.  There is a place in prayer of active stillness, waiting for God to speak through His word, the Bible, and through the prompting of the Holy Spirit.  The watch of the prayer warrior takes place in the security of God’s presence.  The shelter of His wings is the refuge, the fortress that the sentry stands in watch.  Like a soldier on watch at the top of the battlements, there is a place in prayer of stillness, scanning the horizon, expecting and waiting on God’s reply.
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Just as Elijah prayed for rain, and then sent his servant to look at the sky, so all who pray should press on in prayer and watchfulness, until expectation turns to faith.  The seventh time the servant looked, he saw a small white cloud.  Elijah’s faith became sight.  God had answered.  When the evidence of God’s answer appeared, Elijah ran with supernatural power granted by the Spirit of God.  As you go to God in prayer, may you watch with expectation in the secret place of God’s presence, and may the evidence of God’s answer release you to run in the power of the Holy Ghost!