Walkie-talkie or Intercom?

 

Many regard prayer as a passive rather than active tool. A generic rather than a specific instrument of grace. Christians often forget that they are engaged in warfare. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.  (Eph. 6:12).

 We need to be cautious against developing a magical attitude about prayer, one that expects that the right formula will always guarantee the results sought. We should always see prayer through God’s perspective, as existing for serving His ultimate will and purposes – the plan of salvation.

One of the spiritual gurus expounds why prayer may have lost its power for lukewarm Christians: “Probably the number one reason prayer malfunctions in the hands of believers is that we try to turn a wartime walkie-talkie into a domestic intercom.”

Lukewarm Christians stopped believing that we are in a war – no great controversy, no urgency, no watching, no vigilance, no strategic planning. Just easy-peasy getting comfortable. That walkie-talkie used as an intercom in houses and cabins and boats and cars - not to call in firepower for conflict with a mortal enemy, but to ask for more comfort in the den. Not the lions’ den, but there where the TV is.

So, what to do? Claim back that walkie-talkie of prayer, open the channel on God’s frequency.

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Meaning -YOU MUST PRAY. Can you hear me now?