The Word - Feb. 28, 2012 - WE MUST ALWAYS PRAY

"One day Jesus told His disciples a story to emphasis that they should always pray and never give up" (Luke 18:1).

Luke, the beloved physician, gives us the prescription of the Great Physician, for treating disappointment; "people should always pray." We are to pray when we feel like it, and pray when we don't feel like it. There is never a time when we can say we have no need to pray.

We need to pray when everything is going well, and we need to pray when everything seems to be going wrong. When the devil said to the Lord: "Job has good reason to fear God. You have put a wall of protection around him and his home, and his property. You have caused him to prosper in everything he does." (Job 1:9-10)

But as we shall see, when everything went bad for Job and he suffered the loss of almost everything, including his property and children; He still looked to the Lord and trusted Him. Even in a trial, Job was able to look up, he tore His robe in grief, shaved his head and "Fell to the ground and worshiped God."

Faith in God recognizes that God's ways are perfect, even though they are past finding out.

"We comprehend Him not,
Yet earth and heaven tell,
God sits as Sovereign on the throne
And still does all things well."

Our Scripture leaves us in no doubt. In order for the believer to experience power in our prayer life, He wants us to pray always and believe for the fulfillment of our need. Prayer is to be incessant and unrelenting until God gives the answer. Delayed answers, by nature tend to cause us to lose heart. "Hope deferred makes the heart sick" (Proverbs 13:12).

Heartsickness is the natural human response when things don't go the way we would like, and the enemy comes to add his demonic fuel to the fire of our doubts. Our Scripture says, Don't give up! Keep praying; never lose heart!.