Short articles of the, "Yes Jesus" Book on prayer. # 22

 

This, then, is how you should pray.

“Our Father who art in Heaven”

 

Prayer is not man’s invention but God’s. It is from God, it is to God, it is for God, and it is of God and for his glory and honor.

Our feeble agreement with God’s will is nothing less than the life of God within us by grace going along with God’s perfect will for his Kingdom.

To make out of the Lord’s Prayer a petition is not proper. Since it is God’s initiative and not ours that his Kingdom comes and his will be done. We would run the risk of making God a reluctant God, reluctant to bring about his Kingdom and will unless we pray.

Our God is most interested in this and is actively bringing about his Kingdom and making his will the rule and language of that Kingdom.

We are not begging for, nor are we approving his will be done. We are simply coming into alignment and agreement with God in everything that comes to pass, as he is the sovereign controller of all things.

We must be consciously aware and careful not to make the Lord’s Prayer a vain repetition, a lifeless utterance. We must remember that this is a prayer from God to God’s glory and honor.

The sooner the prayer warrior discovers the Providence of God as the blessed controller of whatsoever come to pass, the braver his testimony becomes. Trust in God’s will removes fear.

Who can scare a man who dwells under God’s wings and has lost all fear?

This is the teaching elder on duty in matters of Prayer.

Gerry Gutierrez.