Tozer Devotional- The Legacy of Pioneer Missionaries November 7, 2009The job of carrying the gospel to remote tribes hidden in strange and dangerous places often requires a courage and daring equal to that displayed by the explorer in search of a new river or the soldier in the performance of his duties. There are missionaries who are born adventurers; while wholly consecrated to Christ and utterly devoted to the glory of God […]
- God's True and Just Judgments November 6, 2009The cry against the idea of moral retribution reveals several deep-lying misconceptions. These have to do with the holiness of God, the nature of man, the gravity of sin and the awesome wonder of the love of God as expressed in redemption. Whoever understands these even imperfectly will take God's side forever, and whatever He may do they will cry with […]
- The Legacy of Pioneer Missionaries November 7, 2009
- Charles Spurgeon Devotional
- Thought for the morning of Sat November 7Verse"Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands." — isa 49:16ThoughtNo doubt a part of the wonder which is concentrated in the word "Behold," is excited by the unbelieving lamentation of the preceding sentence. Zion said, "The Lord hath forsaken me, and my God hath forgotten me." How amazed the divine mind seem […]
- Thought for the morning of Fri November 6Verse"I will pour water upon him that is thirsty." — isa 44:3ThoughtWhen a believer has fallen into a low, sad state of feeling, he often tries to lift himself out of it by chastening himself with dark and doleful fears. Such is not the way to rise from the dust, but to continue in it. As well chain the eagle's wing to make it mount, as […]
- Thought for the morning of Sat November 7
Monthly Archives: May 2009
I’m all for feeding celebrity frenzies…
but then again…
I recollect someone saying this:
No one is truly a star. The only “star” that truly exists and is worth praising is Jesus Christ!
Amen.
an A.W. Tozer devotional
QUESTION: When we end our prayer “Thy will be done,” and do not know God’s will, have we not destroyed faith and confidence that our prayer will be answered?
If we do not know God’s will about a request how can we possibly have confidence that the request will be granted? Confidence under such conditions would be sheer presumption. On the other hand, when He has made His will plain to us, why should we fear to say “Thy will be done”? The only valid prayer is that made in the will of God, either to know that will or because we know it. Until we know it we do well to cover our ignorance with the blanket of meek submission.
True prayer is not an effort to persuade God to do our will; it is rather an effort to move into the powerful will of God so as to be swept along by it. The man who loves and understands the will of God will not want anything outside of it.
Our hesitancy to add “Thy will be done” to our prayers could arise from an honest fear lest we make the words a hiding place for unbelief; or it could reveal an unconscious determination to get what we want whether God wills it or not.
When I hear a preacher condemn the practice of ending our prayers with the words “Thy will be done” I have an uneasy feeling that he may be unintentionally upbraiding the One who once used those words in the Garden of Gethsemane. For myself, I have no ambition to pray better than He did.
