READ: JAMES
4:1-4
The school
of prayer is one from which you will never graduate. They are depths of prayers
which we will never reach until we see the Lord face to face in glory. Prayer
is a mystery. The more you pray the more knowledge you need to acquire
concerning how to pray. Prayer is a mystery. It is not a spiritual exercise,
which you can carry out mechanically. The Bible teaches us a lot of deep truths
concerning the basis of effective prayer. Let us meditate on some of these deep
scriptures. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 is very pungent and instructive. In this verse
are just three words that are, however, heavily loaded. Why does God want us to
pray without ceasing? Why it is that God has given us this rather heavy task?
This is for several reasons. James 4:2 says:”You lust and do not have. You
murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have
because you do not ask.” Luke 11:9-10 says, “And I say to you, ask, and it
will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to
you. For everyone who asks receives, and who seeks finds, and to him who knocks
it will be opened.” Why must you ask before God gives you what He knows
you need? This is because God knows that human beings are very dangerous. If
you give them something they did ask for, they will turn around and blame you
for it. God learnt this very early in human history. When God asked Adam why he
disobeyed Him, he said it was the woman God gave him that caused him to sin. He
was invariably saying he did not ask God fro a woman. He was saying that when
he was alone, he did not offend God. From that day, God decided that human
beings would not get anything from Him unless they ask for it. If you have
asked and you have not received, all you need to do is to press forward. God is
a faithful God. He said when you ask you will receive. This is a settled
matter. His word is forever settled in Heaven. Have you prayed concerning
anything and the answer has not come? Do not stop. Persist in prayer. Your
miracle is on the way.
MEMORIZE:
EPHESIANS 6:18 –Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit;
being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the
saints-
