by Sean Theunissen
Psalm 123 (NIV)
"So our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he has mercy upon us."
If you've got kids you'll know how impatient they can be and how demanding and unrelenting they are. I find this most often when you've said, 'you can have it a bit later'.
First of all hope is born, 'dad has said it's going to happen so it's going to happen'.
Next comes the persistence and relentlessness for me to fulfill the promise, 'dad, you said I can have it, can I have it now?'
A child's attitude is so often what God requires of us. Jesus referred to it in terms of how we are to enter the kingdom of heaven. Kids have a simple, uncomplicated view on life, a faith without doubt, not yet tainted by rejection and unfulfilled promises.
We so easily forget that God has promised many things and yet instead of persisting in asking for the fulfillment of what our perfect, all powerful Father has promised, we somehow lose interest or determine to gain it on our own, or lose hope in it altogether.
Our God calls us to be persistent and bold in our prayers, like little kids who just can't wait any longer and so go to the one who is able to fulfill their requests.
Lord, I know I am not persistent enough in asking you to step in and change a situation. God raise us up to be men and women who will stand in the gap and petition heaven for your cause and will. God come and do what you promised.
Psalm 123 (NIV)
"So our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he has mercy upon us."
If you've got kids you'll know how impatient they can be and how demanding and unrelenting they are. I find this most often when you've said, 'you can have it a bit later'.
First of all hope is born, 'dad has said it's going to happen so it's going to happen'.
Next comes the persistence and relentlessness for me to fulfill the promise, 'dad, you said I can have it, can I have it now?'
A child's attitude is so often what God requires of us. Jesus referred to it in terms of how we are to enter the kingdom of heaven. Kids have a simple, uncomplicated view on life, a faith without doubt, not yet tainted by rejection and unfulfilled promises.
We so easily forget that God has promised many things and yet instead of persisting in asking for the fulfillment of what our perfect, all powerful Father has promised, we somehow lose interest or determine to gain it on our own, or lose hope in it altogether.
Our God calls us to be persistent and bold in our prayers, like little kids who just can't wait any longer and so go to the one who is able to fulfill their requests.
Lord, I know I am not persistent enough in asking you to step in and change a situation. God raise us up to be men and women who will stand in the gap and petition heaven for your cause and will. God come and do what you promised.
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