Prayer works… but how?
Last Thursday in our new German Bible study group (Hauskreis) a few weighty themes surfaced from a recent train incident involving a suicide. We asked the question, how does a Non-Christian answer questions of life, death and hopelessness, amidst a hard world. This question led to our response as Christians, that being on a firm footing in Christ, brings hope. Then the humbling question was asked, why us (me) and not my friend in school who had better parents, and what seemed a better life? Why did God choose me and not (seemingly, or not yet…) them?
Only through His Grace…
…And Prayer.
We came to the conclusion that maybe prayer is another variable that Christians have had in their life, and I mean others offering intercessory prayers on our behalf, whether it be during our pre-natal stage, or early childhood, or even our rebellious teen years to return to God. The prayers of those around us for our every day situations and for our eternal salvation (not that the two are mutually exclusive, Phil.2:12-13) must really have an impact on us and God’s will encompasses those prayers and our lives are changed by His grace as a result. Who knows how, but thanks be to God that He does and that He uses such broken vessels to pray for His will to be done in the lives of others.
So this reminded us that part (a large part) of our ministry is to pray for those around us, in our community here, new friends, missionaries, our family, and young families, supporters, and church members back home also, as we seek God’s will for the future with hopeful anticipation of his Kingdom to expand and His glory to shine.
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As much as I believe in prayer, I also believe much more in God’s election. And I do wonder, Why me? But what I am reminded of is similar to what I might hear a parent say” Just because”..but scripturally I think of Duet. 29:29.. or Romans 11:33-36.
I am just THANKFUL that he DID and am humbled! I need to be more prayerful for others but I KNOW their salvation is not because of my praying but many times, in spite of it!