“God chose, from the time of the Creation,
to work on the earth through humans,
not independent of them. He always has and always will, even at the cost of
becoming one. Though God is sovereign and all-powerful, Scripture clearly tells
us that He limited Himself, concerning the affairs of earth, to working through
human beings.
Doesn’t He need us to ask for His kingdom
to come, His will to be done (see Matt. 6:10)? Surely He wouldn’t want us to waste our time
asking for something that was going to happen anyway, would He?
Why, then, am I supposed to ask Him for
something He already wants to do if it’s not that my asking somehow releases
Him to do it? Let’s look briefly at three more biblical passages which support
this.
In 1 Kings 18 we find the story of God
needing and using a person to accomplish His will through prayer…”
“Now
it came to pass after many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in
the third year, saying, ‘Go, present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on
the earth.’ ” 1 Kings 18:1
Prayer Note # 8- From the Time of the Creation - Taken from
Dutch Sheets’ book, Intercessory Prayer from pgs 28, 29
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Charles Stanley
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