Sunday Reading: Luke 18:1-8
Key Verse: Luke 18:1
1 And He also spoke a parable to them to teach it is always right to pray, and not to faint,
Devotion:
One of the things that Jesus always taught people was that they ought to pray without ceasing. That is and always will be true for us because God wants us to know that we depend on Him for everything. When we do not pray enough we find that our close relationship to God starts to break down because we leave Him out of things that we do in our lives. Just like in a normal relationship with anyone else, communication is a key factor and one that must be continued. It is not just the basic communication but the quality of that communication that counts a lot as well.
If we were just to ask God for all the things that we wanted them I am fairly sure that He would grow weary of us asking things in a selfish manner, but if we are going to ask humbly for things that we do need in our lives then He will answer in ways that we would never dream of. Jesus told the people who were listening that God is the one that is listening to our prayers and that He is the one that will be answering our prayers. So many times have I lifted up my prayers only to find that God is already answering them or has already answered them. But does that mean that we should stop praying? Certainly not because without that communication we are the ones that will break down in our relationship with Him.
God is a rock upon which we can stand and upon which we can depend. It is not He that will crack when we stop talking but rather us that will crumble under the weight of the world. We live in a corrupt society where all manner of things go and where we are faced with all sorts of temptations that take us away from God. Those temptations can be the people around us or they can be the environment around us. We need to take everything to God in prayer because that way we will be able to listen to Him when He talks back to us through His Word.
Points to Ponder:
How often do you talk to your friends?
How often do you talk to God?
