Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain : and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
James 5:17-18
One can know true purpose when the set themselves to being a man or woman of prayer. A life of prayer will be a life of love fueled with the desire to come up close to the Lord in the prayer closet while straining and contending on the behalf of another. A life of prayer will be a life of labor that brings riches beyond that of monetary gain and earthly fortune. The ground will be fertile beneath you from your tears and sweat. The fragrance from such a life will be as the sweet smell of honeysuckle rising through the air on a summer morning. A life of prayer will be filled with passion and substance. Such a life will not be lived out in the presence of man, but in the secret place before the Almighty. Ones steps will be bold in Christ Jesus for He made the way on Calvary’s dark hill that enables us to come. The barrier was broken through His precious blood and the violent victory that He won on the cross.
Come now to the throne! Come now to the Father! Come now!