Samuel D. High
sdhigh@aristotle.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Apostle Tom <pressingon@hotmail.com>
Sent: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:52:15 -0600
To: <pressingon@hotmail.com>
Subject: Morning Manna (Feb. 26); BP: Jer. 42; RBTTY: Mk. 5:21-43; Num. 12-14
February 26 “On Praying for Wisdom”
“Then all the captains of the forces and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah, the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest came near and said unto Jeremiah, the prophet, ‘Let, we beseech you, our supplication be accepted before you and pray for us unto the Lord, your God, even for all this remnant—for we are left, but few of many, as your eyes do behold us—that the Lord God may show us the way wherein we may walk and the thing that we may do’.”
Jeremiah 42:1-3
Unceasing prayer should include even the small things in our lives.
Why do we somehow think that the Heavenly Father is only interested in hearing prayers about the “big things” in our lives? We know He’s concerned about “lost sons” (Lk. 15:11-24); however, what about lost dogs. . .dead batteries. . .flat tires. . . broken dishwashers, etc.?
We might begin to look at prayer differently if we realized the same God “Whose eye is on the sparrow” (Mt. 10:29) and “lost sheep and coins” (Lk. 15:4-9) is the same One Who’s concerned over anything that concerns us.
Assuredly, He’s a big God. You don’t create everything that is without being omni-everything; however, He’s not too big or busy to hear a child’s prayer when he kneels by the bed. . .or the cries of a single mom who’s just lost her job. . .or see the tears of a drug addict or drunk who’s lost everything and now “come to himself” and longs to go home (Lk. 15:17).
Today’s Manna asks the Lord to “show us the way wherein we may walk and the thing that we may do.” That’s a pretty simple request, isn’t it, Pilgrim? Assuredly it is. But, the most effectual prayers are pretty simple prayers—for they’re sincere prayers.
No flowery words. No sensational superlatives. No eloquent utterances.
Just simple, straightforward petitions, from a child to his Dad. And, we shouldn’t be surprised that such “prayers for wisdom” are more quickly heard than long, drawn-out prayers prayed in large buildings with expensive, stained-glass windows.
Who of us has not found ourselves sitting at the table at bill-paying time, growing more exasperated (and despairing) by the minute as we try to figure out how we’re going to pay them all? Or, who of us has not faced a major decision or deadline and felt the icy fingers of fear grip us around the throat as we cried, “What am I going to do?”
Oh, dear Pilgrim, King Solomon’s words in Prov. 3:5-6 are just as relevant and applicable today as they were when he wrote them: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not unto your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge (Heb. ‘yada’—‘to know, ascertain, discern, recognize, etc.’) Him and He will direct your paths.” The Lord Jesus has promised that His Spirit would “guide us into all truth” (Jn. 16:13); therefore, when we pray about what we should do or where we should go, we should then rest in assurance that He has heard us and will lead us.
No comments:
Post a Comment