PERSISTENCE IS EVERYTHING

 

PERSISTENCE IS EVERYTHING

Matt. 7:7-8 “Keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for. Keep on looking, and you will find. Keep on knocking and the door will be opened. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And the door is opened to everyone who knocks.” NLT

Persistence is everything. We often fail because we give up too soon. We can never do our best when we give up too soon. Anything worth doing is worth doing right until completion. We deprive ourselves and others of much good because we don't discipline ourselves enough to finish what we start.

When it comes to prayer, persistence is an absolute must if we are going to see any answers from God. Jesus said we must keep on asking, seeking, and knocking. Yet, many of us do that and still do not see God providing what we ask for. Why? Let me suggest a couple of things to think about.

One of the benefits of constant praying over a matter is that it helps to align ourselves up with the mind of God over matters. Why do we ask the Lord for what we ask Him for? If we pray with submissive hearts, we will want what the Lord wants more than we will want what we want. Often, we come before God with an attitude. We need to approach Him with a desire for Him to change our wants into His wants.

Another hurdle we must learn to overcome is patience with God. The Lord is not bound by our timetable. He does what He does in His perfect timing. If He were to act like we want Him to, the result would not be what we want it to be. We need to understand that the Lord works things out according to His plan and by means of His infinite wisdom. We don’t always understand what the Lord does in order to answer prayer. Sometimes changes need to be made in us, others, or circumstances. Sometimes He must say no because we ask for things that are not doable because Father knows best.

Keep on praying and you will learn the secret of answered prayers.