When's the Last Time You Pulled An All Nighter?

# 293 - Today's Living Word comes from Mr 3:13, And he went up on the mountain and called to Him those He Himself wanted, And they came to Him.”

This is a very important time for Jesus and His church. He is about to appoint the 12 apostles. These apostles would ultimately be responsible for passing along the teachings of Jesus to His church and for seeing that the Gospel would continue to go forth after the ascension of Jesus. Some would be more successful than others, one would fail completely and even betray Jesus, but all would fulfill His purposes.

By this time, Jesus had acquired quite a following. He had quite a few “students,” or disciples. But only 12 would be selected for the more personal intensive training that He had in mind. 12 would become the pillars of the New Testament church.

So how did He make the choices? Did He pour over reports from the personnel department? Did he say “eenie meenie minee mo?” Scissors, paper, rock? No! We read in Luke 6:12 that “He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.”

When's the last time you or your church pulled an “all nighter” with God? Or have we run out of important decisions to be made?

Prayer meetings, prayer vigils, seem to fading from the American church scene, and so too, it would seem, is the power and anointing of God.

I’m Duane Matz and that’s today’s Living Word.