sotzo
Puritan Board Sophomore
The recent prayer for rain by the governor of Georgia has brought to mind questions I've always had regarding prayer and/or God's work in the world.
1. When we pray is it good/right/biblical to pray expecting God will work in the way prayed for? In other words,, in light of the recent example, should we come up from our knees saying "God will send rain. BTW, I'm not referring to instances where someone prays for a BMW, etc. I'm talking about prayers that have at their root and interest in seeing God glorified in the world through answering the prayers of His people.
2. Should we fend off the emotive/intellectual tendency to let unanswered prayer (for example, if the drought in GA continues) discourage us in the faith?
3. Conversely, should we encourage the emotive/intellectual tendency to let answered prayer encourage our faith?
The simply answer seems to be "Thy will be done", but there also seems a real non-consumeristic, faithful desire to see God work in the world in a way that builds up our faith.
1. When we pray is it good/right/biblical to pray expecting God will work in the way prayed for? In other words,, in light of the recent example, should we come up from our knees saying "God will send rain. BTW, I'm not referring to instances where someone prays for a BMW, etc. I'm talking about prayers that have at their root and interest in seeing God glorified in the world through answering the prayers of His people.
2. Should we fend off the emotive/intellectual tendency to let unanswered prayer (for example, if the drought in GA continues) discourage us in the faith?
3. Conversely, should we encourage the emotive/intellectual tendency to let answered prayer encourage our faith?
The simply answer seems to be "Thy will be done", but there also seems a real non-consumeristic, faithful desire to see God work in the world in a way that builds up our faith.