No part of these writings may be sold, and no part may copied in whole without citing this entire paragraph. The torment of waiting is often intensified by the delay seeming pointless. In the game of life, how long you stay on the bench often depends on how you pray in the trials. Israel prayed and God called Moses. Israel prayed and God called Gideon.
Individual prayers are also spectacularly potent.
Moses prayed and God ordained seventy elders. Jesus prayed all night and twelve disciples were chosen. His disciples' experience was similar. On both occasions, prayer predominated, as it did when Paul and Barnabas received their missionary call. And I sense the air was heavy with prayer when elders imparted to Timothy his ministerial gift.