Biju Abraham Atlanta.
What is prayer ? . Even though there may be so many definitions for the prayers, In my view prayer is 'a cry 'or ‘pouring out ‘ your 'needs', 'concerns' and 'anxieties' to a higher authority with the expectations that it will be answered in due time. When little children cry for their needs, they don’t care about their demeanors or surroundings instead they just ‘cry and cry ‘until they see some results. When a needy person ‘cry out ‘it maybe uncomfortable to to the hearers but the real fact is that they don’t need the specific needs of the other person and their needs may be already met.But the people who lack something in life will remain needy until they get their answers..And you will hear their cry until they receive the answers. While Jesus was on the earth, children were blocked coming closer to Him. But Jesus said do not stop the children because the kingdom of God is for the people who are innocent like children. In prayer also the same principles are applied, whoever comes with an open and innocent heart their ardent prayers will definitely be answered in due time.
Do we get answers to all our prayers?
When children cry parents know what do they really need. If that’s the case with earthly parents our Heavenly Father knows very well what do we really need in our lives.. Apostle Paul earnestly cried out to God to remove the ‘ difficulty ‘ it was bothering his life , but the answer that he received was different than what he expected. “ my grace is sufficient for thee“
He did not become discouraged rather he trusted more in the ‘Amazing Grace’ which was offered to him as a reply to his prayer. Some times our prayers may be delayed doesn’t mean it is denied. That is to teach us to wait and trust in Him more and more.
If parents know very well how to take care of their ‘little ones ‘how much more our Heavenly Father can take care our needs when we ‘cry out in prayers ‘. Many times we are not realizing how much we are blessed with ‘ the access of an Abundant Resource’ that is none other than Christ Jesus, and only through Him our petitions can be answered for the glory of God.
Prayer is a timely communication with God.
In prayers we are admitting that we are weak and acknowledging that God is Supreme. Bible very strongly advise that we should not put our trust in the people who can’t help . Then where does our help comes from? “ our help comes from the lord who made the heavens and the earth .“ we are not supposed to put our trust in the riches of the mortal world. We must be thankful for all the blessings that we are experiencing in our lives. God was displeased with the Israelites for forty years, even when He provided them whatever they needed in their daily lives. As a shelter from the scorching heat the ‘ ‘pillar of clouds’ were given . ‘ pillar of fire’ was revealed to protect them in the night time.Manna , water , meat and what ever they needed for their lives were provided. But the children of God supposed to be thankful is in rebellion with God while they are enjoying the provisions from God Almighty. Are we doing the same thing? We must be thankful to God in our day to day lives and , our prayers must turn to be strong communication with our Heavenly Father . God bless.
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