Luke 18:1-8
Then He spoke a parable
to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, saying, “There was
in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man. Now there was a
widow in that city, and she came [seeking justice from an adversary]. And he
would not for a while, but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I do not fear
God nor regard man, yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest
by her contonual coming she wearies me.’”
Then the LORD said,”Hear
what the unjust judge said. And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day
and night to Him, though He bears long with them? I tell you that He will
avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he really
find faith on the earth?”
… even love itself has to
wait often in pain and tears for the blessing of fuller communion. The time is
coming when we shall see perfectly clearly, but it is only through confusion
that we can get to a clear outline… It is much easier to ask God to do our work
for us than to do it ourselves -- “Oh well, I will pray and ask God to clean
this thing up for me.” God won’t. We must do our own work. Prayer is always a
temptation to back on a miracle instead of a moral issue until we are
disciplined…. We have to learn to obey God in every detail; then the shroudings
will be lifted, the shadows will disappear, the strangeness will go, and we shall
begin to understand the friendship and the fatherhood and the faithfulness of
God with regard to our lives.
Excerpts from Oswald Chambers
Daily Devotional Bible,
Reading 115 (4/25)
From The Place of Help
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