Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Prayer # 2

Question: When we pray, is this not asking God to change a law of nature that He established?

It is not! Even an earthly father can answer the prayers of his children without changing the laws of nature. Certainly, then, the heavenly Father, who made the laws, can answer prayer. God is not the servant of His own laws; His own laws are His servants. If it were necessary to change them in order to answer prayer, He could do that; however, it is not necessary. For a long time, I lived by prayer; everything I had came in answer to prayer. I know God answered my prayers, but I have no reason to suppose that He changed one single law of nature to do it. The laws of nature do not govern God. They are simply God's fixed way of acting, fixed by His own free choice. (For a related discussion, please refer to the section "Miracles" in these articles.)

Question: Why should we tell God our needs when He knows them in advance?

We should tell God our needs because He has told us to do so (Philippians 4:6), and because in this way we are taught what we most need to know - our absolute dependence upon God. There are many things that even an earthly father would give his children if they asked for them, that he would not give them if they did not ask for them. It is for the good of the children that they be required to ask. I, for one, am very glad that there are somethings that God has withheld from me until I have asked for them.

~R. A. Torrey~

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