Praying for Answers
August 3rd, 2008 by natalie
Last week, I was incredibly challenged by this statement I read in the book, With Christ in the School of Prayer by Andrew Murray. It reminded me of the importance of praying specifically and having confidence that God will answer - clearly and unmistakeably so.
“It is one of the terrible marks of the diseased state of Christian life in these days, that there are so many who rest content without the distinct experience of answer to prayer…There may be cases in which the answer is a refusal, because the request is not according to God’s Word, as when Moses asked to enter Canaan. But still, there was an answer: God did not leave His servant in uncertainty as to His will.”
The more we pray and experience answered prayer, the more we will see life’s happenings from God’s perspective. What specific things have you prayed for this week? How has God answered? How can we declare God’s wondrous works to others if we do not live and pray in such a way that we are even aware of how He is working?
It’s quite amazing you have written this post at such a time, Natalie. As over the course of this past I have experienced several answers to my prayers. Even though we cannot see the results right away we must keep praying, because God works through our prayers.
Thank you Natalie for this great reminder!
Love you!
…will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
Matthew 6:30b