Good Morning Friends,
“This is the confidence we have in
approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And
if we know that he hears us -- whatever we ask -- we know that we have what we
asked of him.” (1 John 5:14-15)
There is a powerful promise in this passage,
and a challenging condition. Both of them relate to answered prayer.
If we ask according to His will, He will hear
and grant our request. Now, that’s a powerful promise. Prayer can accomplish
miraculous things. It is as unlimited in power as God is!
The challenging condition is the very same
phrase as the promise: He answers all our requests that are according to His
will. The condition is to seek His will and ask for it. The promise is that
when we do, He will answer powerfully.
Here’s one aspect of His will: “Ask the Lord
of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest field.” (Luke 10:2) That is
His will. He has already identified it as such. When we ask, we can be
confident that it will be heard and granted.
Here is another aspect of His will, “It is
God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual
immorality.” (1 Thessalonians 4:3) That is His will. He has made that clear to
us. When we honestly ask for help to maintain sexual purity, God will grant it.
I know that His will is not always as clear
as those statements. That’s why our prayers are often so powerless.
Seek His will. It’s revealed in the
scripture. It’s revealed in other ways, too. Seek it, and when you identify it,
pray boldly and confidently, because you’ve found a prayer God has promised to answer.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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