Is the point of prayer to get what you want all the time?
Is the point of prayer to get them answered??
Should we only be focused on QUANTITY of prayers? Or also the QUALITY. I think most times when we talk about prayer, the take away is that I need to pray MORE. And that’s true--we probably all should be praying MORE. But what if there’s more to it than that?
What if the Israelites went to God with a problem...without thinking they knew the solution? What if the Israelites went to God with a request, and not a demand?
In their arrogance, they couldn’t see that they were rejecting God Himself, even by going TO God himself with their request. “They are rejecting me, not you.”
2 Chronicles 7:14, “Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.”
Your will be done.
To answer my own question--I believe the point of prayer is not just to get what you want, but to go deeper than that…. to learn how to more fully trust in Him. That is, to both give TO God, to serve Him. And also to learn how to receive from Him.
I think this is a year when we’re going to have to go deeper than ever in our faith with Him. We’re going to have to hold on with everything in us, and I think we’re going to have to not just increase the QUANTITY of our prayers--but the QUALITY as well.