Reaping and Sowing in Prayer

Many of you have spent much time recently praying for Caleb Jentsch as he recovers from his traumatic brain injury.  The results have been remarkable.  Keep up the good work.  What you may not know is that this fall Caleb was strategic in praying for another college student who had a head injury.

Caleb served as a counselor at a camp for incoming freshmen this summer.  Students are assigned to a small group at the camp and the counselors keep tabs on them through the freshmen year.  One student in Caleb's small group that he got especially close to was Pierce.  Right before school started Pierce was injured in a skateboarding accident and had a severe head injury.  When Caleb got the call from Pierce's dad, Pierce was near death.  Caleb organized a prayer meeting for Pierce at his home to pray through the night, over 40 students came.  Here are Caleb's words from a letter that he sent out before his skiing accident.

"As everyone was praying I just stopped and realized that in that moment Father was receiving glory by us just meeting with him.  It was such a powerful and beautiful time of just meeting with the Lord...About 4 hours later, I received another call from Pierce's Dad saying that the bleeding in Pierce's brain was coming to a stop and he was progressing...The power of prayer works.  I told everyone at my house and we were all in awe of Father."

Pierce made a remarkable recovery and had an incredibly successful rehab.  He is in classes this spring semester.  When Pierce heard of Caleb's accident, he and his father flew to Denver to pray for and visit Caleb.  Pierce was one of the over 300 students who met in a prayer meeting for Caleb this past Monday at the Baptist Student Center at Texas A&M.  What an incredible irony?  Can it even be called that?

The Bible is clear that we will reap what we sow.  Is that true in prayer as well?  If we have prayed, led people to pray and then stand in need of prayer, do we reap some of what we have sown in prayer?  It sure seems so.  God is receiving glory in this and as Caleb wrote, "The power of prayer works."

For the journey...

Tim