There is something that the Bible calls the supply of the Spirit; and if you want to enjoy it, prayer is the way. Prayer sets in motion the supply chain. Now, when God wants to manifest any of His blessings in a life, He employs several means to accomplish it. This is what we can rightly call the supply chain. Let us illustrate this with Cornelius’ story. In order to bring salvation to him and his household, we can see the role of the angel who spoke to him. As our text indicates, he was asked to send men to Joppa to fetch Peter. Next, we have Peter who made known the way of salvation to Cornelius and his household. So the apostle became part of the supply chain. Finally, we must include the servants who went to Joppa on errand to call Peter as part of the supply chain.
“Our continued efforts in prayer will help to knock down every wall of resistance. If you do not cease to pray, you will never lack the supply of the Spirit.”
What is critical for our learning is that the entire network of men and activities that ultimately led to salvation of several people was ignited through the prayer of Cornelius. It was as he prayed that he saw the vision of angel. From that moment on, it was one link to another until he came to acknowledge Jesus as both Saviour and Lord. Earlier in Acts 9 as Saul prayed, he also ignited the supply chain. God told Ananias to go and locate him in a street called Straight. Not only must we pray to ignite the supply chain, but also we must keep praying until delivery point. Human beings who are often involved in God’s supply chain are not always prompt in obeying God. We noticed this in the initial resistance of Ananias and Peter regarding their mission to Saul and Cornelius respectively. Our continued efforts in prayer will help to knock down every wall of resistance. If you do not cease to pray, you will never lack the supply of the Spirit.
