The Way to Pray

Day 94: Luke 10:38-42, 11:1-13

"And I tell 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 the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened." - Luke 11:9-10 ESV

If God were to describe your prayer life to one of the members of His heavenly counsel (angels), what do you think He would say?

Would He describe how fantastic of a servant we are (like Martha) but that we let our inner troubles and anxiety keep us from sitting at His feet regularly?

Would God describe us as worshipers who are constantly ready for Jesus to return to set all things right?

Would He explain how great we are at living out of His hand every day instead of constantly worrying about the future?

Would He point out how we are quick to forgive someone who hurts us because we know we've been forgiven a great debt we can never repay?

Would He cite examples of how we (on a regular basis) fervently pray until our temptations subside?

Would God describe our persistence in prayer as something that can be categorized by some as borderline obsessive and annoying? Would He say that we are the kind of intercessors that don't scare easily?

May we keep on asking. May we keep on seeking. May we keep on knocking.

God is waiting eagerly to give us gifts that will never fade.

"Though he gives all things freely to us, yet, in order to exercise our faith, he commands us to pray, that he may grant to our requests those blessings which flow from his undeserved goodness." - John Calvin