Last night at our mid-week bible study someone made this statement, 'Prayer moves the hand of God.' The individual was quite confident & comforted in this idea.
Quite frankly, I think if you ask the majority of believers they would think and say the same thing. However, I don't think we:
- cause God to move or work contrary to His eternal purpose
- cause God to change His mind in regards to something He has previously and more than likely eternally purposed
- cause God to respond in the manner of an servant or slave to our desires and/or wishes
Although I should have said something I didn't. After I got home his statement continued to rattle around in my head and I formed a single thought about his statement.
I am not sure that prayer in fact moves the hand of God at all, as much as I am convinced that prayer moves the heart of man to the will and purpose of God. I think prayer is the means by which we, God's children, commend ourselves to the "hands of God" in order to submit and acquiesce to His purposes for our lives.
Good stuff Gregg.
ReplyDeleteThought provoking post Gregg.
ReplyDeleteYvonne.