Jer 33:3 Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.‘
An axiomatic scripture, I have a personal experience to have seen the power of this word of God. God is challenging the prophet to call on Him, pray unto Him with an assurance that He would show GREAT and MIGHTY things, we cannot comprehend the infiniteness of this GREAT God with our “little mind.” Have you ever tried calling up a family or friend when in distress or disturbed and find the phone busy, unanswered? God challenges us to dial Him any time we wish to.
Prayer is imperative lifestyle of a believer. Luke 5:16 So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed. If Jesus prayed often to God the Father with the confidence of a child, how much more would we have to. It is communication with God our Father whom we can call Abba, we can boldly approach His throne of grace any hour, Heb 4:16. Prayer is fellowship with God the creator, sovereign authority of this universe, who gave us the privilege to call Him, Abba. Our relationship with Him begins with a prayer as well, (Rom10:9).It is praising Him, thanking Him, asking for your need and to say sorry about some things. Can you build a relationship without consistent communication? No, it’s like watering a plant. Prayer is not running to the Father with a “I want this..” list. I wouldn’t feel nice about my children treating me as an ATM machine, would you?
Our Heavenly Father wants to talk to us and hear from us. 1 John 5:14 says, “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.” Please note the word ‘according to His will.” In Matthew 6, Jesus taught how to pray and He said in verse 10, “Your will be done”.
How will we know the will of God? Of course, the scriptures! When we pray, we will know what God has to say about our situation, there is nothing in this world for which God doesn’t have a solution. For our Heavenly Father both, the fig tree and the mountain are of the same size. He is God after all!!! He is the best solution provider.
The condition for hearing our prayers is, we must acknowledge and confess our sins. Isa 59:2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear. Mark 11:24-25, says we must forgive others who do wrong unto us.We must thank and praise Him for all He has done for us until now, declaring without Him nothing was done, says the bible.
We approach God in the name of our Saviour Jesus Christ. John 16:24, “Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.” Praying is not iterated and reiterate the same thing repeatedly, not chanting. When we pray, we must trust the integrity of God, the word of God is proven, we must not doubt God, He honours the word above His name.
James 1:6-8. It’s the word of God that fortifies us and gives us understanding and the dynamics of the operations in the Kingdom of God. God does not change but prayer transforms us. May God grant us a meaningful prayerful life!
Sol Lalitha Menon