"… many were gathered together and
were praying. And when he knocked at the door of the
gateway, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer. Recognizing Peter’s voice,
in her joy she did not open the gate but ran in and reported that Peter was
standing at the gate. They said to her, “You are out of your mind.” But she
kept insisting that it was so, and they kept saying, “It is his angel!” But
Peter continued knocking, and when they opened, they saw him and were amazed."
Have you ever been so busy praying… that you refused to
be interrupted by God’s answer?
These verses took place after an angel had miraculously
freed Peter from Prison. His friends had
gathered in earnest prayer for his deliverance. Yet when they were told he was free, they dismissed
it and continued the prayer meeting.
Maybe they were praying out of habit, or obedience but apparently,
they were not expecting an answer.
What about you?
When you are on your knees are you listening for a knock at the
door? Do expect God in His great love to
answer you, or are you just reciting a mantra?
Have you become so consumed by the performance of prayer that you have
forgotten it is a conversation?
At times we obsess over the composition of our prayer,
instead of being overwhelmed by the power of the God we speak to…Our
contribution is far less important than His.
We need not be eloquent to be
heard.
Jesus says not to “babble on thinking you will be heard
because of your many words” (Matt. 6:7). Just go to your Father, spill your heart, and then
listen.
Some of us are on our knees begging God to deliver…and His
answer is pounding on the front door.
"...True prayer is measured by
weight, not by length. A single groan before God may have more fullness of
prayer in it than a fine oration of great length." - C. H. Spurgeon
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