Kenneth and Gloria Copeland's "From Faith To Faith" devotional for today is another VITAL message for getting YOUR prayers answered!
Don't
Waste Time Wondering
Wherefore
be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. Ephesians
5:17
So
many believers wring their hands and worry about whether or not they’re praying
according to God’s will. “Oh, dear me,” they say, “I certainly can’t expect God
to do something for me that’s outside His will.” And they’re absolutely right.
But
they don’t need to waste time standing around looking puzzled. They need to
grab their Bibles and find out what the will of God is.
God
has made some very specific promises in His Word and it’s His will to fulfill
every one of them in your life. In fact, those promises are divinely guaranteed
by a contract that’s been signed in the blood of Jesus.
Think
of it this way. Your Bible is the last will and testament of Jesus Christ. It
is a record of your inheritance. Everything that belongs to you has been
written down in that Book and the smartest thing you can do is to find out what
is in it. Don’t leave it lying on the coffee table and hit the floor crying,
“Oh, God! Oh, God! I’m searching for the truth.”
Pick
up your Bible from the coffee table and find out what belongs to you! Find out
how you need to change to get in line with God’s will.
Most
people don’t do that. They try to change God instead. They’ll go on and on
trying to convince God just how badly they hurt or how poor they are. They’ll
beg and plead and wheedle, all the while acting as though they had to somehow
change God’s mind about the situation. Those folks are in for a long wait.
God
is never going to change. The Bible says He’s the same yesterday,
today, and forever. His will is too. So don’t waste your time wondering if your
prayers are in line with it. Get the Book and base your prayers on it. Then you
can rest assured the answer is on the way!
Shalom in Him!
