"Devote yourselves to prayer. "
Colossians 4:2
PRAYER AND GOD'S WILL
Read It: Romans 8:28
Did it surprise you today to realize that Romans 8:28, probably the most quoted verse in the Bible, is set in a context of prayer? Most people who quote verse 28 forget that verses 26-27 precede it. Before you can know that God is causing all things to work together for your good, you have to have a prayer life that is aligned with His will. In other words, the Spirit has to rearrange your prayers so that you want what God wants for you. The connection between verses 27 and 28 is this: Those for whom God is causing all things to work together for good are the ones for whom the Spirit is interceding according to God's will. So if the Holy Spirit is aligning your prayer life with the will of God, you will begin to see how God is fitting it all together. The Spirit will help you see the plan of God taking shape in your life. But you only get the Spirit's help when you are on the Spirit's program. You are only going to enjoy what God is doing when He is free through the Spirit to take what you are expressing and align it with His plan. See, Romans 8:28 really is a great verse to recall when you're flat on your back in the hospital, because if you love God and are called according ing to His purpose, He can use even that experience to bring about His will in your life. But if you have a dynamic, Spirit-directed prayer life, you won't need a friend to come by and drop the verse on you. You'll already be plugged into God's program. That doesn't mean you won't hurt or that everything that happens to you will be pleasant.
But you'll have God's peace and perspective spective on it. Remember what it's like to fly over a farm and see how orderly the fields are? They were like that all the time. You just couldn't see it from the ground. But now that you are elevated to a whole new level, you can look down and see how orderly things are. That's what the Spirit does for you when you get your prayer life lined up with God's will. It's the only way to fly! Think About It Do you need to take flight today and see things from God's vantage point? That flight begins on your knees!
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