October 10, 2013
Networking
Normally on a church prayer chain there is some
known association with the person making the request, but occasionally there
will be a friend of a friend request. Recently, as the result of a chance
meeting, during a shopping trip, a request came in third hand. The need was for
a kidney transplant; however the request didn’t relate to the transplant list,
surgery, or finances. Rather it was for a donor who would be willing to be
tested for compatibility and if there were a match, would then donate a kidney.
At first I was a little taken back by the enormity of the request, but that was
followed by uneasiness that the prayer chain had just become a networking tool
– with man helping man. Referring to the battles within us, James said, “…You do not have, because you do not ask
God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with
wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.” (James
4:2b-3 NIV)
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Gail;
-----The Bible is replete with messages of God’s granting righteous people the desires of their hearts. “ The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects.” (James 5:16b) Par for the course, the way God seems to do things, He leaves it up to us to make sense of His Word about how much the righteous man desires to do what God deems right. In fact, his entire heart is made of such. It consumes him. And from such a composition, he has a much better chance of discerning what to pray for and what not to.
Love you all,
Steve Corey
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