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Hebrews 5.7 (NIV)
During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up
prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him
from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.
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| Jesus has a unique perspective on prayer. He is the only one who gets prayer from both sides. Not only does he pray to his Father, he is also the God who is prayed to.* |
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I heard a story about a Christian family
whose infant son was dying. The father went outside the house after dark to pray. His
wife didn’t know he was there when she stepped out so he heard her as she
demanded that God let her son live, without consideration to what God’s will
might have been. The son recovered but he grew up to be an alcoholic and died
drunk. I cannot say with authority that the mother’s prayer changed God’s mind
about whether the son lived or died. The father struggled with the
question throughout the son’s life.
Jesus’ prayers were heard, not because he was
the Son of God, but because he was reverently submissive! Is reverent
submission the element that is missing from your prayer life? Are you
demanding? Too casual? Unwilling to accept God’s will? Do you not spend enough
time in prayer to even know what your attitude is? If Jesus’ prayers involved
loud cries, tears, and reverent submission, then ours should, too.
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| You have to wonder if God’s most merciful act is his refusal to answer some of our prayers.* |
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