Imperfect Prayers ... Perfect Answers!

The world is full of people, laws and cultural ideas that persecute and even kill Christians. But as we pray, God is able to go above and beyond what we could think or ask (Eph 3:20), moving things into place for the benefit of His people and the advancement of His Kingdom.

Things seemed bleak when Saul was breathing out murderous threats and breaking up families by putting both men and women in jail. And we have no indication that the saints were praying for Saul, but their supplications for help caused God to strike at the core of the enemy’s persecution: Saul’s heart. Jesus met Saul on the road to Damascus, melted his heart of stone, and immediately brought relief to the praying Christians!

A few days later God instructed Ananias to lay hands on Saul, and he fearfully replied “this man is on a mission to kill Christians!” (Acts 9). This gives us some indication of what the saints were praying – and it was likely not for Saul. But their prayers for help and relief caused God to go above and beyond what they could think or ask. Instead of hiding them or wiping out Saul or arming them with weapons, God instantly changed the lives of thousands of people when he personally appeared to Saul.

Use the power of God inside of you to be a faithful prayer warrior: that power enables us to see and pray heaven’s purposes. And once that prayer is released, God takes the ‘possibilities’ in our prayers and turns into realities in a way that we couldn’t begin to imagine! 

“Now to Him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think [imagine] according to the power that works in us-- to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen” (Eph 3:20-21).