Matthew 6:9-13 NKJV:
In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
A very popular scripture teaching a very popular topic of prayer, but a very unpopular practice among many Christians. Books have been written on this, sermons have been preached and songs have been recorded on this, yet it remains a hot talking-point but a low-practice point among believers.
If there's a source of power, nourishment and preservation that is open to us, it is prayer. The Word of God is replete with stories of men and women who dared to hold God at his word through prayer and they shook their entire world through prayer. Daniel, Nehemiah, Elijah, Esther and Jabez represent a few people who knew and exploited the power of prayer and got the results they wanted.
It has to be the same for us. In our days now, we have been taught that prayer gives you whatever we want and then, we come to God crying,pleading and begging for all sorts, forgetting that prayer is not an arm-twisting tactic to get God to rubber-stamp our desires, neither is it a guarantee that all we ask will be granted. Prayer is supposed to key us into God's perfect will so that when we pray, we are keying our hearts into God's perfect will and seeking to do his will. Afterall, a key component of the model prayer quoted above is: 'thy will be done on earth, as it is done in heaven'.
We have too examine our motives, inspiration and desires again in the light of the truths of God's Word. When we come before God, whose agenda are we pursuing: ours or God's?. When we come to God, can we dare to wait for his season or we want it done in our own time or on our own schedule? Do we even know and appreciate his presence, power and position or we are in a hurry to secure our own position and possessions and get on with the business of the day?.
God is God, no matter what we say or do. As we relate with him, let us keep in mind his awesome nature and worship Him for who he is. He desires our praise and worship and he is moved to act on our behalf when we have offered him that which he desires. We must also trust His wisdom that, whatever his answers are, they are the best for us at that moment and he is working out an ultimate good for us.
Rejoice, for his time of favour is here.
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