Prayer Meeting Extraordinaire

 

 

 

I will never forget

That extraordinary prayer meeting,

Convened on our brother’s behalf

When we could be sleeping.

 

It was back in the early church

Not long after Pentecost

One of our leaders had been slain

And another about to be lost.

 

Herod had executed James

And Peter had been imprisoned,

Hence, this special time in prayer

Hoping for Peter’s freedom.

 

I was just a young damsel

Observing the others in prayer

When I heard a knock on the door

And went to see who was there.

 

I did not have to see his face

I knew who was at the door,

From the moment I heard his voice

I needed nothing more.

 

I was so filled with excitement

I ran back to tell the rest

And Peter could do no better

Than stay right where he was left.

 

In my excitement I left him

Outside the meeting place

And back to those intercessors

I had excitedly raced.

 

Of course, they did not believe

What I revealed to them,

They suggested I had seen a ghost

And with that I had a problem.

 

 

Peter continued knocking

And eventually the door was opened,

There he stood in front of them

A testament to what God had done.

 

Their excitement was continuous

Like it would never cease

Causing Peter to beckon to them

And request they hold their peace.

 

He explained all God had done

And then he went his way,

Actually, he left that same very night

Before the turn of the day.

 

I believe as they prayed for Peter

They were praying for his release

But then it happened so quickly

It shocked their own belief.

 

Hence, the initial evidence,

Having been shrouded in disbelief,

Had an opposite effect on them

Despite praying for Peter’s release.

 

 

Prayer meeting extraordinaire!

The saints prayed while yet in doubt,

 But according to His own purpose

God still brought Peter out.

 

The lesson to one and all

Is to trust God however we feel

And in God’s own time appointed

All will be revealed.

 

Stewart Russell © September 25, 2021