Prayer is an invitation for our Father to intervene in our life circumstances, an open window to let His will prevail over our will. By granting Him Lordship over our soul, we submit ourselves to His concerns, and ultimately align our hearts with His passionate heart, joining ourselves to His righteousness in our everyday lives. Herein is our love for God demonstrated and proven, in our passion for the things that have captured the heart of our King... willing to do His will... for love without works is dead. The New Testament records no fewer than fifteen different passages where prayer is tied to God’s will. Jesus said He came to do God’s will and did not seek His own will but the will of the Father, which He called His food. James taught we should submit our daily plans and activities to the Lord’s sovereign will – ‘If the Lord wills.” Paul four times submits his travel itinerary in prayer to the will of God, indicating God’s will directed his ministry labor. John boldly proclaims the Lord hears and answers prayers that accord with His will, with the strong implication these are the only prayers He hears and answers. The Disciple’s Prayer, often miss-referenced as The Lord’s Prayer, encourages as a model prayer the proclamation “Thy will Be Done.” And then there is The Lord’s Prayer: “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but always Yours be done.” David had it right in his Psalms: “I delight to do Your will, O my God … Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.”
PRAYER IS FINDING OUT
WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO
THEN ASKING HIM TO DO IT
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