Scriptur
e: Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it s in heaven. Matthew 6:10
e: Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it s in heaven. Matthew 6:10
In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus gave a valuable insight into prayer, he showed us that prayer is not instructing or informing or bending the arm of God. In fact, the object of prayer is not to bend the will of God to ours, but to get our will in line with His. Martin Luther said, “By our praying, we are instructing ourselves more than Him.”
Its funny how sometimes in prayer, we will try to impress God with our flowery language and knowledge of Bible verses: “Blessed Potentate and Supreme Architect of the galaxies, we come before you in this auspicious hour to supplicate before your majestic throne...” Certainly, even the Lord will break down in laughter when He hears people talk to Him with such fanciful words.
The beauty of our relationship with God is that He knows us and our needs before we even come to Him.
So in prayer, all He wants us to do is to remember what He has promised us and present our requests to Him. We can go over the details if we want, but instead of going into every detail, it is better to spend a little time remembering that we are speaking to God, reminding ourselves of His greatness and goodness. We don’t need to educate God in prayer. We don’t need to inform Him and He is aware of it.
True praying is not overcoming God’s reluctance; it is laying hold of His
willingness. We are not trying to move God our way. The idea is to move ourselves His way. So the objective is to find out what His will is, what His purpose is. Let’s learn to pray for His will to be done.
Its funny how sometimes in prayer, we will try to impress God with our flowery language and knowledge of Bible verses: “Blessed Potentate and Supreme Architect of the galaxies, we come before you in this auspicious hour to supplicate before your majestic throne...” Certainly, even the Lord will break down in laughter when He hears people talk to Him with such fanciful words.
The beauty of our relationship with God is that He knows us and our needs before we even come to Him.
So in prayer, all He wants us to do is to remember what He has promised us and present our requests to Him. We can go over the details if we want, but instead of going into every detail, it is better to spend a little time remembering that we are speaking to God, reminding ourselves of His greatness and goodness. We don’t need to educate God in prayer. We don’t need to inform Him and He is aware of it.
True praying is not overcoming God’s reluctance; it is laying hold of His
willingness. We are not trying to move God our way. The idea is to move ourselves His way. So the objective is to find out what His will is, what His purpose is. Let’s learn to pray for His will to be done.
Scriptural Reading: Matthew 6:5-15
The Bible in One Year: Numbers A25-28
