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Honey From The Rock
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"Sweet Stuff From God's Word"

A daily Bible study with Victor Knowles
Copyright 2007

"OLD CAMEL KNEES"

This entry was posted on 11-20-2008 and is filed under uncategorized.

Legend has it that James, the brother of our Lord and the author of the Epistle of James, was called "Old Camel Knees." Why such a strange nickname? Have you ever seen the knees of a camel? They are calloused because the camel goes to his knees many times a day for his master. Evidently the apostle James was known to be a man of prayer. Consider what he wrote in his epistle. "Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray...Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick...Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit" (James 5:13-18 NKJV).

Seven times James wrote that we should pray. Christians, above all others, should be a people of prayer. The church should be known far and wide for its elders who pray. Our prayers should be prayers of faith ("let him ask in faith" James 1:5-7). We ought to be praying for one another on a regular basis. Our prayers, to be effective, must be "fervent," "earnest," and "heartfelt." Like Elijah, we should "pray again" and again and again! Today we need (spell that "kneed") people who will kneel in prayer like James. Could you be called "Old Camel Knees"? Perhaps no higher tribute could be paid.

Prayer: Dear God, give us the knees of a camel. We bow before you, our Master, and are at your beck and call, just like a trusty camel. May we develop calluses like your servant James. Through Christ we pray.