The prayers of a gutsy child availeth much...
Oswald Chambers said:So many of us limit our praying because we are not reckless in our confidence in God. In the eyes of those who do not know God, it is madness to trust Him, but when we pray in the Holy Spirit we begin to realize the resources of God, that He is our perfect heavenly Father, and we are His children.
No matter for how long a person has known the Lord, it is shocking to note the residual lack of true understanding of His nature as a Father. Like, I may have come a long way since I first began to follow Jesus—He has certainly proven His faithfulness to me again and again over the years—but I am nowhere close to praying with “reckless confidence.” Truthfully, I find myself refusing to bring up certain issues with God, refusing to hope, refusing to be vulnerable. Ridiculous, really, because He knows everything anyway, right? What, is He going to be like SHOCKED if I suddenly tell Him something I’m not sure He’ll like? What kind of loving (and omniscient) Father would that make Him? Since when is being “polite” a requirement with God? He is not that sort of King. I want to learn to pray with all awe and reverence, while keeping it real, showing Him every dark and hidden place in my heart. I want to hope and pray for CRAZY things, like miraculous things, to happen. And why shouldn’t they?
Jesus said that anyone who has faith in Him will do even greater things than He did, right? He said, "I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask Me for anything in My name, and I will do it."
John 14: 12-14
I love the sound of that, but honestly, it almost scares me, and seems too good to be true. Let’s face it, the whole gospel sounds too good to be true. But it is true. Perhaps a little reckless confidence is in order here. Bring it on....
posted by Jules @ Saturday, May 29, 2004
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