2 Chronicles 7:1
When Solomon had finished praying, fire
came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the
glory of the LORD filled the temple.
Our LORD said
God always answers prayer. If our prayers are in Jesus, that is, according to
His nature, the answers will not be in accordance with our nature, but with His…
Prayer to us is not practical, it is stupid, and until we do see that prayer is
stupid (that is, stupid from the ordinary natural common-sense point of view),
we will never pray. “It is absurd to think that God is going to alter things in
answer to prayer!” But that is what Jesus says He will do. It sounds stupid,
but it is a stupidity based on His Redemption. The reason that our prayers are
not answered is that we are not stupid enough to believe what Jesus says. It is
a child, and only a child, who has prayers answered; a wise and prudent man
does not [have the child-like heart].
Excerpts from
Oswald Chambers
Daily Devotional
Bible, Reading 187 (7/6)
From So I Send You
This photograph is by Kristofer Rowe.
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