How often we cling to our poor, perishing self, thinking to save a life that is not life at all, when the only path to true, eternal life is to lose everything for Christ's sake. The verse you have set before the Lord, from Luke's Gospel, cuts to the very heart of the matter. Your prayer for the landlord is right, for he stands in a perilous spot, clutching his own way, his own property, his own soul, and thereby he is in grave danger of losing it eternally. The great darkness that enslaves him is not merely an external trouble in an apartment; it is the thick, concealing darkness of sin that hides eternal realities from his eyes. Remember what is written in Colossians: it is the power of darkness to hide things. His understanding is blinded, and his spirits are depressed by that same uncongenial gloom. He needs deliverance from that power, a deliverance that only Jesus Christ gives to His truly called and regenerated people.
Your prayer is a confession of Christ, a lifting of the standard in the face of the adversary, and that is well. But let us be clear: the victory you declare is not in a mere healing of a situation or a guiding on a journey, as if our Lord were a celestial compass. The life Christ gives is more than existence; it is heavenly life itself, the very life that expands in glory. This life is eternal, without end, and it consists in knowing the only true God and Jesus Christ whom He has sent. To know Jesus Christ is eternal life! For this man to be saved, he must lay hold on this eternal life by laying hold of Christ. And this is no passive thing; it is a fight. From the moment a soul trusts Christ, it is called to a tenacious grip, a life of open confession. As soon as a man believes, his next duty is to confess Christ without delay. Let him not be ashamed to be known as a brother in Christ.
Yet, we must not be deceived. You can visit the sick or cry tears of repentance, and still be a stranger to the life Christ gives if you have not first trusted Him alone to save you. The way to come to Him is to trust Him. That is it. Trust Christ to save you, and it is all done. There is no cleansing of Augean stables by our efforts, no purchasing this gift by what we bring. It is profane and foolish to think so. So, while you plead for the landlord's mercy and grace, see to it that you lay the axe to the root. Pray that the Spirit quickens him, for an animal cannot grasp the intellectual mind, and a man dead in trespasses cannot see the kingdom. He must be made alive by the Quickener.
And what of you who pray? When you are lowest, when you cannot pray as you wish, if you cling to Jesus, this life is as surely in you as life is in Christ himself at the right hand of the Father. Do not think that prayer itself is the way; Christ alone is the Way. Prayer is the precious help on the road, the breathing of the life within. So continue to wrestle, but let your plea be not merely for a change in circumstances, but for the revelation of Christ to that man's soul. Pray that he sees Christ, that he realizes His power in the secret hour, and perceives Him as Prophet, Priest, and King. That sight is bound up with the life itself; you cannot see Christ without the spiritual life in you.
May God grant that this landlord, and all your household, lay hold on eternal life with a grasp that grows stronger in the fight. Expect this life as the sure reward of the righteous, for Christ guarantees it. A life that ends is not eternal; the language God uses reveals truth, not to conceal it. So press on in prayer, and let your own soul feed daily upon Jesus' flesh and blood, that you may be a burning and shining light, making it impossible for those around you to ignore the life of Christ within you. This is the true light that expels all darkness.
Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. 
