{"id":9093,"date":"2017-01-15T12:57:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T18:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hungryformore.org\/?p=9093"},"modified":"2017-01-15T12:57:50","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T18:57:50","slug":"praying-with-spice-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hungryformore.org\/praying-with-spice-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Praying with Spice 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cTake for yourself spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, spices with pure frankincense\u2026And with it you shall make incense<\/strong>\u2026salted, pure and holy\u201d (Exodus 30:34-35 NASB).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Take a peek with me into God\u2019s recipe file<\/strong>. Instead of the categories of mains, sides, and desserts, His recipe box includes sections for faith, hope and prayer. Let\u2019s return again to the ingredient listings for God’s\u00a0very best prayer recipe<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve already included the first two on our written list<\/a>: stacte<\/strong>, the gum resin droplets drawn from the myrrh tree and onycha<\/strong>, the shell-sourced fragrance. In equal parts, prayer must include tearful brokenness and personal willingness. Once heated, it\u2019s obvious to see why these would prove <\/span>a \u201cfragrant aroma\u2026.well-pleasing to God<\/em>\u201d (Philippians 4:18).<\/span><\/p>\n

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But what is our next ingredient? What is the spice galbanum<\/strong>?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ellicott\u2019s 1897 Old Testament Commentary says, \u201cGalbanum is a gum well known to modern chemists. It may be procured from various plants, as the opoidia galbanifera, the galbanum Persicum, and others. When burnt, this gum has a strong pungent odor<\/strong>, which is said to be disagreeable in itself, but to bring out and prolong the scent of other spices.<\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Biblical commentary published by the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (1882) agrees: \u201c(Galbanum) was the resin of an umbelliferous plant, used by the ancients medicinally, and also, from its pungent odour, when burnt, to keep off insects<\/strong>, to expel serpents from stables, and revive sick bees.<\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Twelfth century Rabbi Maimonides likens it to a black honey with an \u201coffensive smell.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Offensive smell? An insect repellent? A disagreeable ingredient? What kind of component\u00a0is this to add to a recipe for perfect prayer?<\/span><\/p>\n

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As I mulled over these questions, they merely brought up another one. Are not the most disagreeable situations the very ones that need to be taken before God? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Leonard Ravenhill, the fiery English evangelist of the early twentieth century said, \u201dThe most fervent prayer meetings are in hell.”<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Jack Hayford says, “There is no neat\u00a0way to deliver life.\u00a0Beware of well-wrapped\u00a0and beautifully beribboned packages\u00a0which claim to contain it.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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The pain of a wayward child, the agony of a difficult divorce, the fear of encroaching financial ruin or of a deadly disease \u2014 are not each one of these disgusting to our senses and yet <\/span>reality<\/strong> all around us? With such a bitter, foul-smelling gum in our midst, <\/span>how can we live positively\u00a0except by\u00a0knowing\u00a0the Father transforms\u00a0our anguish through intercession?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Prayer is\u00a0messy because prayer involves men. We live on an earth ruled by the law of death, yet prayer is all about birthing life. We bear\u00a0the stench of our pain and confusion before God knowing ‘only in prayer’ can\u00a0the caustic become\u00a0calm and the bitter become\u00a0sweet. How precious to know that even our most putrid attitude becomes a perfumed ascent<\/strong> when mixed with a broken heart and willingness to hear. The odiferous elements of life are repugnant alone, but when sacrificed by petition and intercession\u00a0we discover ourselves\u00a0increased in passion and efficacy<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hear and be encouraged by 19th-century Andrew Murray\u2019s word, \u201cDo not think of how little you have to bring God, but how much He wants to give to you.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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What bitter stench\u00a0do you need\u00a0changed into a sweet-smelling fragrance? Why not take it before Him?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Keep reading….Click here for the next spice: frankincense.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cTake for yourself spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, spices with pure frankincense\u2026And with it you shall make incense\u2026salted, pure and holy\u201d (Exodus 30:34-35 NASB).   Take a peek with me into God\u2019s recipe file. Instead of the categories of mains, sides, and desserts, His recipe box includes sections for faith, hope and prayer. Let\u2019s return again to the ingredient … <\/p>\n

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