Persistent & Patient Prayer!
"Then Jesus spoke a parable to them,
that men always ought to pray and not
lose heart."
Luke 18: 1
If we make a request to someone and don’t receive an answer,
we
wonder why. We may be afraid to ask again and so continue
in a state of confusion. Sadly, we take that human experience
and apply it to God in the case of unanswered prayer.
Several things are different when it comes to unanswered prayer.
First, Jesus taught that God knows what we are going to pray for
before we even ask (Matthew 6:8). That eliminates the possibility
of God not having heard our prayers.
Second, Jesus told a parable illustrating the fact that we must
continue to ask and not give up (Luke 18:1-8). In the parable, a
woman petitioned a judge with her request and continued to
ask until she received an answer.
A second parable of Jesus illustrates similar
points of boldness and persistence in prayer
(Luke 11:5-8).
Third, God is good and will not withhold anything
from His children according to His perfect plans.
Pray and be patient while awaiting God’s
answer.
"The great tragedy of life is
not unanswered prayer, but
unoffered prayer."
F. B. Meyer
