August 9: Prayer in the Father's Hearing
I can't add much more insight than what Kevin posted, but here is a some scripture that popped into my mind as I read this morning.
People often quote Psalm 37:4, "He will give you the desires of your heart," believing that is a magic incantation that will allow one to be granted any craving they might have. First of all, this interpretation of the verse is illogical. Suppose two teams are in a championship game, and the Christians on each team pray to win. Obviously, someone is going to lose, but that doesn't mean God didn't keep His promise.
We must look at the first part of that verse, "Delight yourself in the Lord" and then "He will give you the desires of your heart." Perhaps a more enlightened view is that He will replace our common sense desires with the supernatural desires for which He wants our hearts to yearn.
Jesus, please help us to willfully choose to obey Your supernatural sense and not become slaves to the foolishness of our common sense. May we always keep in mind the admonition of Romans 6: 16-18, remembering that when we offer ourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, then we are slaves to the one who we obey - whether we are slaves to sin, which leds to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness. But thank You that... we have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
People often quote Psalm 37:4, "He will give you the desires of your heart," believing that is a magic incantation that will allow one to be granted any craving they might have. First of all, this interpretation of the verse is illogical. Suppose two teams are in a championship game, and the Christians on each team pray to win. Obviously, someone is going to lose, but that doesn't mean God didn't keep His promise.
We must look at the first part of that verse, "Delight yourself in the Lord" and then "He will give you the desires of your heart." Perhaps a more enlightened view is that He will replace our common sense desires with the supernatural desires for which He wants our hearts to yearn.
Jesus, please help us to willfully choose to obey Your supernatural sense and not become slaves to the foolishness of our common sense. May we always keep in mind the admonition of Romans 6: 16-18, remembering that when we offer ourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, then we are slaves to the one who we obey - whether we are slaves to sin, which leds to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness. But thank You that... we have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
posted by Jane at 5:36 AM
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