Troublesome Topic: TRUE PRAYER IS DANGEROUS

By dangerous I mean that praying in a way that does not seek a specific solution, but only seeks God’s glory can feel dangerous to us. Let me give you some examples of what I mean.True prayer does not ask God to keep my children safe as they travel, in whatever way they choose to travel; Instead, true prayer asks God to draw my children to Him, and for Him to manifest Himself to them.

What’s more, true prayer is dangerous because God can use any number of things in the lives of the people I love, Such as a big OOOPS, to teach them greater faith and bring them closer to Him.

True prayer requires that we trust God fully, without doubting. Rather than telling Him what we think would be best, we need to trust that He knows best.

Bill Mutz summarized this beautifully when he said, ** “God will not protect us from that which He will perfect us through.”

We need to be willing to pray dangerous prayers and leave the results up to God,

rather than hoping He will do as we desire and keep all danger safely away from us.

He does not enjoy seeing us suffer, although He will use suffering for our good when that is needed.

Here’s another example of dangerous praying – God never forces anyone to follow Him, so asking Him to save someone actually goes against His character and His will.

Proper Intercession asks God to draw that person toward Him, to call them, to woo them.

He will always answer that prayer because it leaves a person’s will intact.

The next lesson in this series on prayer is THE BEST WAY TO PRAY FOR THE SICK