Thursday, December 09, 2010
{ 2:45 PM }
"What is the point of prayer when God knows the future and is already in control of everything. If we cannot change God's mind, why should we pray?"
For the first reason why we should pray is that it is a form of serving God. God has commanded us to pray. At the same time, Jesus also did pray to God when He is on earth to remain in the Father's will, how much more do we need to pray then?
The second is that God intends prayer to be the means of obtaining His solutions in a number of situations. In this case, we usually pray for major decisions, overcoming demonic barriers, gathering workers for spiritual harvest, to overcome temptations and for strengthening others spiritually,
The third reason is to present our requests in life to God. Our prayers are never in vain, even if we didn't get what we ask for. That is what God has promised us. He will give us what we ask for when we ask for things that are according to His will. When He delays in His answers, He wants us to be diligent and persistent in prayer. Everything will act according to his infinite wisdom and also for our benefits. We should never see prayer as a mean of getting what we want on earth but rather for God's will to be done on earth.
In situations when we do not know God's will, prayer is also a means of discerning His will. We always go off without anything because we didn't ask God for it. It is like the blind man mentioned in the bible, if he didn't called Jesus, he would not have been healed. Same for sharing the gospel, if we do not share, who will respond? Same for prayer, if we did not ask, how can we expect it to be answered?
Prayer helps us to see God's work in others' lives, sometimes in our own lives too. We just need to really lift all our burdens and pains, even joy to Him and let Him use it for the greater purpose on earth.
May we glorify God's name with our lives as we have faith in Him to come to Him often in prayer.
