Scripture:
Luke 18:7 "and will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to Him day and night? Will He keep putting them off?
Observation:
Jesus just told the parable of the persistent widow who kept coming to a terrible judge who didn't care about God or people. In the story, the unjust judge gave her what she wanted because she wouldn't give up and continued to bother him. Jesus then said, "will God not bring about justice for his chosen ones who cry out to Him day and night?"
Application:
Sometimes we don't get the answers we need in life because we give up too quickly. Like the persistent woman, we need to keep our requests coming to the Lord. She got her answer because she bothered the judge so much by continually coming to Him. Jesus gave us permission here to continually pray until we get answers. Persistence demonstrates faith and faith gets answers. Most people give up and feel like it must not be God's will. People of faith keep asking and believing and never stop until their needs are met.
Prayer:
Father, increase my faith. Help me cry out to You day and night, day and night, until prayers are answered. I have asked you for some things is 2014. I am going to continue to ask until they are answered. I believe they are things you delight in doing, therefore I'm going to continue to ask. Teach me persistence in prayer.
Your Son,
Jeff
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