Ask and it will be given to you.

"Ask and it will be given to you." (Matthew 7:7)

   Prayer is an imperative exercise of Christian life. Prayer is a necessity. Prayer is a commandment of the Lord. God actually commanded us to pray. It is a sin not to pray. Prayerlessness is the mother of every other sin in Christian life.

   But then, prayer is a mystery! It is difficult for us humans to understand the whole concept of prayer. Prayer is nothing but submitting our requests and feelings before God. God as we know Him is an omniscient Person. In fact He is the only omniscient Person in the universe.

   It is also an indisputable fact that God is love and He loves all His children immensely. A loving father who knows everything in the universe must know the needs of His children too, even before they ask. Once He knows the needs of His children, He must be also able to fulfill all their needs.

   Why then should we tell the All-knowing God that we need a certain thing? A new born baby needs to drink milk. The baby doesn’t ask its mother for milk. The mother knows the need of her child and feeds her child in due time.

   Why then doesn’t our God meet our needs in a similar fashion? Why doesn’t He come and help us and give the blessings we need even before we ask Him? This is the mystery!

   The fact is the planet earth on which we now live, is directly under Satan’s rule. Once upon a time in the beginning of the world’s history Adam the progenitor of the human race was the king of this planet. But he handed over the authority to Satan when he disobeyed God. Now Satan the arch enemy of God is the rightful ruler of this planet for the time-being.

   Because of this situation Satan raises legal objections whenever God intervenes in the affairs of this world. All the children of God, viewed from Satan’s point of view, are rebels from the kingdom of Satan. As such Satan is unhappy when God helps His children who made peace with Him through the blood of Jesus.

   He says “God! You are doing an illegal thing! You are intervening in my kingdom without my permission! You know that I am the legal ruler of this world!”
Then God will answer saying “Satan, you are the legal ruler of the planet earth only till the Son of David comes to take His throne. But even before My Son who became the son of David comes to receive back the kingdom into His rightful hands, I have authority to intervene in the affairs of the earth because some of the citizens of earth have invited me to work there!”

   This is the secret reason for God to require us to pray. God can work in this world only in answer to the prayers of the redeemed people this world. That is why we must pray, pray much and pray without ceasing. God’s problem today is not the non Christian anti gospel elements of the society. His problem is the prayer-less Christians.
Let us not become a problem to God. Let us become mighty instruments of blessing in the hands of God by spending much time in prayer each day of our lives. God bless you.