Friday August 18th, 2023
« They (Jacob & God) kept on wrestling until the man said, “Let go of me! It’s almost daylight.” “You can’t go until you bless me,” Jacob replied.»
1Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to teach them that they should always pray and never become discouraged.
2“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.
3And there was a widow in that same town who kept coming to him and pleading for her rights, saying, ‘Help me against my opponent!’
4 For a long time the judge refused to act, but at last he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or respect people,
5 yet because of all the trouble this widow is giving me, I will see to it that she gets her rights. If I don’t, she will keep on coming and finally wear me out!’”
6And the Lord continued, “Listen to what that corrupt judge said.
7Now, will God not judge in favor of his own people who cry to him day and night for help? Will he be slow to help them?
Our God being the God of Jacob means that He is the God of love, because when you read Genesis 29, you will find Jacob to be a man who, because of love, worked for fourteen years without pay.
That is a great demonstration of love.
1 John 4:8 ESV also tells us that God Himself is love.
« Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love »
The God of Jacob is also the God of answered prayers.
In Genesis 32:1-32, when Jacob knew that Esau was coming to kill him, he prayed all night, refusing to leave God’s representative and by the following morning (Genesis 33:1-4), instead of Esau killing him, he embraced him and wept because God had intervened.
Now, there is something we must take note of in Jacob; he prayed all night.
The reason many of us don’t get our prayers answered is that we don’t pray persistently.
The God of Jacob answers the prayers of those who pray persistently, those who don’t stop praying until He gives them what they want.
When you are cutting a tree, there is always that last strike of the axe that will bring it down. If you stop too early, the tree will remain standing and even get stronger, as the days go by.
Don’t leave that problem standing, keep knocking on the door of heaven until God solves all your problems and makes your joy full.
It is Jesus Himself who said we should keep calling on God day and night: Luke 18:7 AMB
« And will not [our just] God defend and avenge His elect [His chosen ones] who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay [in providing justice] on their behalf? »
Don’t think you are disturbing God with your prayers at all; He said in Isaiah 62:7 NLT
« Give the LORD no rest until He completes his work, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth. »
I will keep crying to God day and night (1 Thessalonians 5:17).
I will give him no rest until He answers all my prayers.
hope you will do the same.
Application: Give God no rest until all your prayers have been answered.
Author: Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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