Luke 18: 1. Then Jesus spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not faint.
Well wouldn’t you know it, The Good Lord one-upped me again, in his usual devious manner. I had something else written for today, but then this thought about men should always pray and not faint got into my brain and just kept on nagging at me until I finally said, okay Lord, I got the message. Like He wanted us to stay with the prayer scene. And I really couldn’t disagree, because prayer is constantly being weeded out of our society, both secretly and overtly; out of our schools, our public institutions, like the courts, and by extension out of our lives. But how can a society call itself Christian if there is no prayer eh? Anyway, I was at work when I finally succumbed to The Lord’s urging, so I found a Bible, a new version, that did not have J.C’s words printed in red like mine at home, or significant passages underlined. And it was only after a fair amount of searching, looked through Matthew and Mark, that I eventually found it. Was actually about to give up when I spied it, in modern English of course, at the beginning of Luke 18. I now realize that He must have been trying to teach me a lesson about perseverance; the same not fainting, not losing heart, like the widow in that parable who kept on pestering the judge that feared neither man nor God. He only gave her justice because he was afraid that she’d eventually frustrate and tire him out by her persistent appeals. We’ve got to learn that same lesson Friends; to continue earnestly in prayer, persevere and not lose heart, for the Most High will definitely answer us, not always how and when we want, but according to His own agenda, which usually turns out much better for us. Lotta LOVE!
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