Prayer is an expression of my heart. Why should I listen to God when I pray? Some prayers don't take that much thought, it is true, but all too often we are praying just to hear ourselves commit something to God. That is a superstitious effort.
I am not sure that superstitious prayer is heard in Heaven. God is sovereign and I am not Him. But the Bible talks about Elijah who was a man of like passions as we are and God answered Him to shut up Heaven to His normal provision of rain to the people. God was showing off to the people of that time that He had Elijah's back. What an amazing relationship to have with God that He wants to show off for you?
He was a regular person and he was not our Lord and Savior. Jesus is our intercessor and He takes to primitive grunts of our prayers and makes sense of them to the infinite God of the Universe. God has no impurities and cannot even look at impurity, but He carried our sins and our griefs on the cross to pay the penalty of sin and open a pathway for our prayers to be heard and answered from Heaven. Not for our glory, but for the Glory of God! What a Savior!
Do I take this infinite truth into consideration enough, when I am praying to God? Do I consider the infinite cost that my privilege of prayer cost our Savior? Do I think about my desires in the light of what God has revealed from Heaven about Himself and His purposes for all His people? I want to fullfill your plan for my life, Lord. Help me through prayer to be one who advances your kingdom and not one who is a stumblingblock. In Jesus' Awesome Name. Amen.
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