"Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the One who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference."
~Max Lucado
There's a really cool verse in the Word that this quote reminds me of. Romans 8:26, in the NKJ version, says that "Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered."
This seems to line up so perfectly with what Max Lucado is saying here, that the Lord hearing our prayers means more than our actual spoken words in the prayer. That God's ability to do things isn't limited at all to the number or eloquence of words we use when we pray to Him, but He already understands what's on our hearts (Christ said something like this in Matthew 6:8) and He knows exactly what He's going to do in response.
God's gift of prayer is such a wonderful blessing. Speaking to Him (and knowing that He won't roll his eyes at poor word choice or stuttering) is absolutely wonderful, don't you think? :)
No comments:
Post a Comment