Call to Be An Overcomer

The Lord's speaking these days has been cloud and clear. Time and again He sounding our a clarion call for the overcomers. He has been doing it through His speaking through the members of His Body. I am glad that I have heard them, and I must respond to the Lord 's call; to be an overcomer in this age.

AN OVERCOMER IS A MAN OF PRAYER

A Man of Prayer Redeems the Time

The call to be an overcomer is the call to be a man of prayer. To be a man of prayer we must redeem our time, catching every opportunity the Lord has given to us to live Him.

Walk in wisdom toward those who are without, redeeming the time. Colossians  4:5   

There must be no remorse or regret in the future for the things that we do today. To redeem the time is also to be wise, act, and live in wisdom and not to let any time slip by, but to live to experience and enjoy Christ and gain Christ. This kind of living will propagate Christ for the building up of the Body of Christ. In fact, such a living of redeeming the time is the living in God's will. 

And with his smooth words he will cause those who act wickedly toward the covenant to be profane. But the people who know their God will show strength and take action. Daniel 11:32  

A Man of Prayer Lives in God's Will

The living in God's will enables one to boldly take action. This will command the blessings of God and we will be blessed in all that we do. Everything that we do in God's will, will be accounted for by God, and anything that we do outside God's will, will be just in vain. Therefore, we must pray like the Psalmist to number our days. 

Teach us then to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalms 90:12

A Man of Prayer Prays Persistently

A man of prayer is persistent in his prayer with God as His faith. 

And Jesus answered and said to them, Have faith in God. Mark 11:22

11:23 Truly I say to you that whoever says to this mountain, Be taken up and cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says happens, he will have it. 11:24 For this reason I say to you, All things that you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and you will have them. 11:25 And when you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in the heavens may also forgive you your offenses. 11:26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in the heavens forgive your offenses.

Yet there is a catch here point here, "when you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone.." Our living before God and man must be proper. In other words, we must be live a life corresponding to the life that we live, we must live an overcoming life. With the proper condition and position in our living we can pray by faith and execute God's will on the earth.

A man of prayer is also persistent in his prayer life. We must not lose heart. The enemy may do all that he can to cause havoc in the world. The ongoing pandemic is one such act. It may apparently seem like God is nowhere when thousands and millions are suffering and dying. But God is still on the throne; He lives, He reigns, He rules, and He is sovereignly operating behind the scene. We must not lose faith. He is wisely displaying His multifarious wisdom through the present situation. He will surely avenge the enemy of His children's prayer.

Luke 18:7 And will not God by all means carry out the avenging of His chosen ones, who cry to Him day and night, though He is long-suffering over them? 18:8 I tell you that He will carry out their avenging quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?

A Man of Prayer Understands the Time and Takes Action
A man of prayer like Daniel read the word, understood the times, took action, and joined himself to the word of God by taking necessary action. The action he took was fasting and prayer for God to accomplish what He prophesied in the book of Jeremiah concerning the return of the captivity after seventy years. Similarly, it was with the children of Issachar. 

And of the children of Issachar, men who understood the times that they might know what Israel should do, the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their command; 1 Chronicle 12:32 

A Man of Prayer Prays and Prays

Finally, as a man of prayer to be an overcomer we must not cease praying, especially for the saints.

Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I would sin against Jehovah by ceasing to pray for you, but I will instruct you in the good and right way. 1 Samuel 12:23  

May the Lord grace me to answer His call to be an overcomer in the present age. 

Lord, make be a man of prayer!
Lord, make me Your overcomer in this age!