WHAT MOVES GOD?

WHAT MOVES GOD?

What moves God to action? In spite of what many people think, it isn’t prayer. Prayer moves you. But it    is                  faith that moves God. The value of prayer is twofold:

First, prayer gets us into faith. Sometimes we can pray for a short time and sense faith coming out. It’s not a matter of how long or how short we pray, but that we pray until we experience faith moving in us and out of us toward God.

Second, prayer aims our faith. Paul taught the Philippians, “In every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God” (Philippians 4:6). I know what you’re thinking – “Doesn’t God already know my needs?” Yes, He does. Matthew 6:8 says God knows your needs before you ask Him. Then, why do we need to make our requests known to Him? So that we will aim our faith precisely at our needs.

Let’s get more understanding about this from Jesus – He once asked a blind man, “What do you want me to do for you?”(Mark 10:51) Now, Jesus could see that this man named Bartimaeus was blind. Bartimaeus knew he was blind. Everybody near the man knew he was blind. Yet, Jesus still asked Bartimaeus what he wanted. Why did He ask? So Bartimaeus would focus his faith precisely on what he wanted from the Lord. He said, “Rabbi, I want to see.”Bartimaeus didn’t say, “Oh, just bless me.” Or, “I just want to be touched by you, Lord.” Or, “Help me cope with this blindness.” No! Bartimaeus was very specific, “Rabbi, I want to see!”

Here’s the lesson:

1)     Pray today until you sense faith rising up in you and going toward the Lord;

2)     Pray specifically, aiming your faith very precisely.

It’s your FAITH that will move God.