Day 15 – January 15

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In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God.  Luke 6:12 ESV

One of the questions I get most as a pastor is “why should we pray?.” I wish it were as easy as saying, “because the Bible says so.” But that is not really a very loving answer, is it? The person asking KNOWS the Bible says so. They just aren’t sure why the Bible says so.

If they have been in a church that is serious about teaching Scripture, they know that God doesn’t change his mind. What would it mean for a perfect being to change? It would mean that said being was not perfect to begin with. What would it mean for a sovereign God to not have an eternal plan? It would mean he isn’t all that sovereign after all. Give it enough time, and every serious Christian will wrestle with this question: Just how does prayer fit into the sovereignty of a perfect God?

I find the greatest comfort in this question by considering the God-man. The Lord Jesus Christ, fully God and fully man, not only instructed his followers to pray, he prayed. That alone should be peculiar to us. What does it mean when God prays to God? What it means is that prayer is a truly transcendent activity. If the God-man saw it fit to pray all day and all night, then we should take notice.

I like to point to this truth and allow the Holy Spirit to do the rest of the instruction. If I follow this Jesus, then I want to not only do as he said, but I want to emulate his practice. If God found it fitting to pray when he took on human flesh, then I, currently inhabiting flesh myself, would do well to do the same.

Once they go to prayer, God’s people realize that no matter what their starting point was in regard to God’s sovereignty, and how it fits with prayer, it seems to just make sense when we in fact practice prayer. Christ in you, the hope of glory!

Heavenly Father, we so value knowing about you and understanding more deeply your attributes. We take great comfort in knowing that you are a perfect God who is unchanging in your perfection. Teach us to pray knowing that you accomplish your work in the world, according to your eternal plan, by both primary and secondary means. We are often those secondary means, and our prayers are often the method you use to accomplish your perfect will. Let us be at peace in the practice that our Lord Jesus prioritized. Let us be a people of prayer. Amen.

Written By: Pastor Corey Green

 

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