Prayer for Restoration: Conquering the wilderness.

Before I was truly born again, I used to struggle with knowing who I am and what my purpose is. For more than a decade, even after getting a bachelors degree and a Masters in Electrical Power Engineering, I still felt lost. There was an emptiness and a deep longing to fill a void that I could not even understand. For some time, I even hated my job as I felt that I should be probably doing something else with my life. This identity crisis helped fan the flames of some deep rooted mental health problems such as low-self esteem, anxiety and depression which I struggled with for many years.

There were many voices in my head, as I tried to get answers from many people including those with the gift of prophesy. In the end, I was even more confused. Some said I was a prophetess, others a worshipper, others a philanthropist, others an engineer, and to some I was a businesswoman. While there is a little bit of some of these aspects in my life, I have learnt to sit still and ask the Creator the question, "who I am I?". After all, I am nothing but a lump of clay in the potter's hands. The potter decides whether the utensil should be used for a general purpose or a special purpose. In the end it doesn't really matter what the purpose is as long as you belong to Him. Eventually, I realized that, I am just a child of God based on scripture and what the Holy spirit confirms in my heart. That is enough. As Apostle Paul said in the book of Romans 8, we die and we live for Him so that His name and power can be glorified in all the earth. We are not defined by the certificates, the professions or the titles. But we are defined by what the Creator says about us individually in His word and by His spirit.

If you are anything like me, you probably wish that you had known God earlier on in your life and you have lost time that you can never get back. Perhaps, you are as confused as I was a few years ago about who you are and what you ought to do with your life. Let us pray together asking God to restore your peace, the time you have lost and your destiny. Whatever confusion you may have lets pray our way out of the wilderness.

Read 1 Peter 5:10, Hosea 6:1, 1 John 5:4, Romans 15:13 and 2 Corinthians 5:17 for scriptural understanding.

Prayer:

Dearest heavenly Father, I acknowledge that you have provided sufficient grace to those that love your Son, Jesus, to overcome this world. 1 John 5:4 says that the one who overcomes the world is the one that truly believes that Jesus is the Son of God. The Spirit of Truth in me testifies that this testimony that says that you gave us eternal life through Jesus Christ is true. I believe the testimony of the Holy Spirit because it is your testimony about your own Son. Thank you Father, God of all grace for calling me into your eternal glory in Christ. I was estranged from you until I was called by you. It is my prayer, that you will restore me, make me strong, firm and steadfast even after I have suffered a little in many aspects of my life [name them].

I was in the wilderness before I came to Christ, where I used to follow the forbidden ordinances of my father and forefathers. I was very far from your presence and on the highway to eternal death. But Hosea 6:1 says that; "when you have torn us into pieces, you will still heal us and when you have injured us, you will still bind our wounds". According to this word, I pray that you heal and bind the parts of me that have wounded by sin, disobedience and ignorance. You alone are the God of hope. I pray that you will fill me with joy and peace as I put my trust in you, so that I may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

For your word says in 2 Corinthians 5:17, "If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: the old is gone, the new is here". I pray that the old me, will shed away and be replaced by the new creation that is rooted in you and defined by you. May your good, pleasing and perfect will concerning my destiny and purpose be fulfilled according to your plan. I know beyond doubt that your word never fails. Therefore, I pray Father, in accordance to the promise that you gave your people in Joel 2 vs 25, that you will restore the years that the locusts and cankerworm have eaten. The years that I should have spent getting to know you, your will over my life and my purpose. After all is done, I pray that I will praise your name for the wonderful works you have done in my life.

Never again will I live in shame, fear or slavery. May your name be exalted and praised in Jesus mighty name.

Amen.