December
18, 2021
Luke 18
“And he
told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose
heart.”
Luke 18:1
ESV
A missing ingredient in my prayer
life is passion. I pray for my family, my church, my community and so on
regularly. I pray with others and I pray for others. Somewhere along the path I
seem to have misplaced my passion, my intensity. I know Jesus hears my prayers.
I know God answers prayers.
I wonder though, am I really
desperate for that which I pray? Am I willing to adjust to the status quo? Am I
content to allow circumstances to stay the same?
The widow in Jesus’ account persists
– even though the unjust judge’s character is to reject her pleas. We serve a
God who is all-sufficient to do all and even beyond that we ask or even think.
Let us become ‘passionate’ and ‘persistent’ as ask God for that which we need.
Christmas is one week away. Mary and
Jospeh were persistent in finding Bethlehem. Once in Bethlehem Joseph refused
to take ‘No room at the inn’ for an answer.