Pray Often and Persistently

 

 Luke 18: 1-8

The Parable of the Persistent Widow

18 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. ² He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. ³ And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’

⁴ “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, ⁵ yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”

⁶ And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. ⁷ And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? ⁸ I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”

In this day and age of instant this and that, we might find it harder than ever to accept God's rhythm and timing in answering our prayers.  Sometimes we might realize that we no longer remember who that person is we've been praying for all these years, but it is best to keep the name on our list, for God will answer in HIS good time. And often enough we run into that person again and can bring joy to him or her when we say that we've been praying for them.  It also is a confirmation to us to know that our prayers have helped someone going through a very dark time, and that indeed, we should not stop praying for an intention because God will eventually answer the prayer, even if out of exasperation, as did the unjust judge in the parable.

Bro. Rene