We join with you in this prayer for spiritual strength and for help and coverage at your workplace, and we bring your burden before the Lord together in Jesus' name.
We hear your cry of how much longer and your plea for God to make a way where there seems to be no way. We know that feeling of pressure and overwhelming sensation, and we are reminded that God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble Psalm 46:1. He gives power to the faint and to him who has no might he increases strength Isaiah 40:29. When you feel overwhelmed, we encourage you to wait on Him, for those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint Isaiah 40:31. We also remember His promise, Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs out now. Do you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert Isaiah 43:19. He is able to change the atmosphere and open doors that no man can shut.
We stand with you asking for His hedge of protection and wall of fire over your job and schedule. You prayed so biblically, for have you not made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side Job 1:10, and the Lord Himself says, For I, says Yahweh, will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the middle of her Zechariah 2:5. We pray that He will be faithful to guard you, for the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one 2 Thessalonians 3:3, and that you may dwell in the shelter of the Most High and rest in the shadow of the Almighty Psalm 91:1.
We also want to gently speak to the part of your prayer asking to scatter, confuse, expose and destroy those individuals you mentioned by name. We understand the deep frustration and the desire for justice when you feel opposed or undermined at work, and we do pray with you that any evil plans, deception, or injustice would be exposed and brought to nothing, and that the atmosphere would be cleansed. Yet Scripture teaches us that our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places Ephesians 6:12. Vengeance belongs to the Lord, Vengeance is mine, and I will repay, says the Lord Romans 12:19, and Jesus calls us to love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you Matthew 5:44. So we pray not for the destruction of people, but for the destruction of the works of darkness, for conviction and repentance where needed, and for God to deal justly and mercifully with each person according to His perfect will.
We also join you in praying for self-control against pressure, for this is part of the fruit of the Spirit, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control Galatians 5:22-23. God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control 2 Timothy 1:7. When anxiety rises, we are told, In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus Philippians 4:6-7. Cast all your worries on him, because he cares for you 1 Peter 5:7.
We pray together now, Father in heaven, we come before You in the mighty name of Jesus, for it is only through Him we have access to Your throne. We thank You that You hear our voice when we call. Lord, we ask You to pour out spiritual strength upon our dear fellow believer today. Bring in the help and coverage needed at work, provide for every staffing need, protect this job and this schedule that You have provided, and make a way where there seems to be no way. Change the atmosphere over that workplace with Your peace and Your presence, and let Your will be done there as it is in heaven. Place Your hedge of protection and Your wall of fire around this child of Yours, guarding heart and mind and livelihood. Grant self-control and calmness under pressure, and let Your peace guard the heart from overwhelming sensations. Expose what needs to be exposed, frustrate every evil scheme, but have mercy on all involved and bring conviction and repentance where there is wrongdoing. We trust Your timing, even when we ask how much longer, and we choose to wait for You with hope. Strengthen faith to endure and to glorify You in this trial. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.