Be Careful What You Pray For?????
So many people say this, both Christian and Non-Christian, but what is behind this statement? Be careful what you pray for because....
......God might allow something to happen to you that you won't like.
......It might be to hard for you to bear.
.....You know, praying for patience brings trials...
.....You might get what you pray for.
One of the reasons I don't agree with or like this phrase is because it gives the wrong impression of Our Awesome God. It gives the impression that God doesn't ,or might not have our best interest in mind. God always knows just what we need and when we need it. Sometimes God's best for us isn't what we would choose. I thinks many of us have experienced and answered prayer that has not been answered in the way we expected. Yet none the less God answered the prayer in a way that He knew would benefit us the most spiritually and Bring Glory to Him. Sometimes we just don't know what is best for ourselves and God sees the BIG picture in His plan.
God is all powerful, all knowing ,holy, just, good, merciful,and sovereign overall things.God Promises in Romans 8:28-29 "All things work together for good to them that love God, who are the called according to His purposes." and our primary purpose is to glorify God and enjoy him forever.
In Jeremiah 29: 11 it says "I know the thoughts I think toward you says the Lord thoughts of peace and not of evil. to give you a future and a hope. Then you will go and call up on me and pray to me and I will Listen to you , and you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for me with all your heart.( God is talking to the captives (Israel) His people). The plans God has for us are good and will lead us to a better relationship with Him to glorify Him.
In Isaiah 55: 8-9 It says God's thoughts are not our thoughts and Gods ways are not our ways for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are His ways higher than our ways and his thoughts higher than our thoughts.
His ways are meant for our good so to say "be careful what you pray for Gives the impression that God does not have what is best for us in mind. This implies He is not a loving, merciful, sovereign God which He is.
God always answers our prayers. Sometimes the answer is a clear Yes, sometimes the answer is a clear no, and sometimes he uses a unique method ( which we would not choose)to accomplish his purposes in our lives, for His Glory.
By His Grace
......God might allow something to happen to you that you won't like.
......It might be to hard for you to bear.
.....You know, praying for patience brings trials...
.....You might get what you pray for.
One of the reasons I don't agree with or like this phrase is because it gives the wrong impression of Our Awesome God. It gives the impression that God doesn't ,or might not have our best interest in mind. God always knows just what we need and when we need it. Sometimes God's best for us isn't what we would choose. I thinks many of us have experienced and answered prayer that has not been answered in the way we expected. Yet none the less God answered the prayer in a way that He knew would benefit us the most spiritually and Bring Glory to Him. Sometimes we just don't know what is best for ourselves and God sees the BIG picture in His plan.
God is all powerful, all knowing ,holy, just, good, merciful,and sovereign overall things.God Promises in Romans 8:28-29 "All things work together for good to them that love God, who are the called according to His purposes." and our primary purpose is to glorify God and enjoy him forever.
In Jeremiah 29: 11 it says "I know the thoughts I think toward you says the Lord thoughts of peace and not of evil. to give you a future and a hope. Then you will go and call up on me and pray to me and I will Listen to you , and you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for me with all your heart.( God is talking to the captives (Israel) His people). The plans God has for us are good and will lead us to a better relationship with Him to glorify Him.
In Isaiah 55: 8-9 It says God's thoughts are not our thoughts and Gods ways are not our ways for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are His ways higher than our ways and his thoughts higher than our thoughts.
His ways are meant for our good so to say "be careful what you pray for Gives the impression that God does not have what is best for us in mind. This implies He is not a loving, merciful, sovereign God which He is.
God always answers our prayers. Sometimes the answer is a clear Yes, sometimes the answer is a clear no, and sometimes he uses a unique method ( which we would not choose)to accomplish his purposes in our lives, for His Glory.
By His Grace
posted by By His Grace @ 4:41 PM
1 Comments:
At 2:01 PM,
Anonymous said…
Thank you for these thoughts, Mrs. E. As always, reminders like these are an encouragement.
John Piper says that he often prays asking God to do whatever it takes to make him more holy. I think this is the attitude we should all have!
I look forward to more of your edifying posts.
David
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