When the test comes, cry out

As we study the life of the widow who approached Elisha after the death of her husband, we see that grief is part of the experience of every believer: The important thing is not whether we are going to suffer or not, but what we are going to do when let the test come into our life. If we see the test as a normal experience, and as an instrument that God can use to purify and perfect us, we will be prepared to face it and handle it correctly.

The second lesson that emerges from the behavior and experience of this wonderful woman is that in the middle of the test, she looked for a solution. She affirmed herself in the Lord, and after her initial perplexity and despair, she set out to face the problem, to seek a solution. She did not allow the test to overcome her, or for adversity to take over her life.

Let us remember that in the spiritual panorama that she occupied it is not like now, that we say we can go directly to the Throne of Grace through the work of Jesus Christ. In those Old Testament times the only thing that this woman could think of was to go to the prophet Elisha. She went straight to the only source of power she knew of.

In 2 Kings 4: 1-7 it says that: "She cried out to Elisha saying: your servant my husband has died and you know that your servant was afraid of the Lord." She cried out, she went and presented her need, presented her request to the Lord, and that's what I suggest we have to do.

When we are going through difficulties we are going to cry out to the Lord, we are going to take action, we are going to seek a solution to the problem. That word, "he cried", sticks in my mind, because crying out is not a lukewarm and indifferent request, as well as casual; Rather, it points to a determined, concentrated, clear, determined posture. We have to meditate on that. The Bible says, "Call to me and I will answer you." God does not respond unless you do not cry out.

There are so many verses, I want to encourage you, that invite us to cry out to God with intensity, to approach Him with a determined posture that will not abandon the effort until we have received our miracle.

Luke tells us the parable of the widow before the unjust judge: "Jesus also told them a parable about the need to pray always and not lose heart". The widow in this parable did not give up until she received the answer from the judge that she needed.

I have learned that in prayer is the secret of victory. But not just any kind of prayer, but one that persists, an intense and fierce prayer, which plants its tent before the throne of God and does not leave until it has the miracle in hand.

The Lord Jesus Christ says: "Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you." It is a motto verse of my life. There is a part that I have to do. Santiago says that we do not receive because we do not ask. God will not respond if we do not cry out first.

God's Word tells us to approach the Throne of Grace with confidence. One must approach the Throne of Grace to receive His Grace. The Lord is there waiting, but there is a part that we have to do. We have to present our need to you with intensity and confidence. We have to cry out to Him. We have to look for a solution that can only come from Him, and that He is willing to release only after we have cried out.