Call to Me
"Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know." (Jeremiah 33:3) God longs for us to look to Him in prayer. He has chosen to present Himself and His will to those who ask in faith, believing that He is present and deeply concerned with our needs and desires. When we set ourselves to pray, we cannot be defeated, we are not easily discouraged, and we expect to hear the voice and see the hand of God who responds. Since God promises to answer, we must call, and we must call more often and more earnestly. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. (James 4:2) There is a realm that opens to us through prayer that will remain closed otherwise. The Lord so loves conversation with us that He simply will not move in certain ways until we come to Him in earnest prayer and intercession. Yes, there is much in the way of joy and blessings that lie dormant in the fallow ground of prayerlessness. That is because, ...