Of course it is correct that it is futile and worthless to have long, meaningless, prayers. That brings up the issue of "What is 'prayer'". You don't need to go on and on and on for him to hear." "God knows exactly what you're praying for. The more Kingdom impact you are having on the earth, the more Satanic assaults you'll be having in your prayer. Understand that a delay in heaven's response may not be of God. If you have been placed by God in a position of leadership, and your circumstances are such that you are beginning to feel as if there is no hope for the future, no stability in the present, and no confidence in God's deliverance in your past - and you are praying for mercy - take note of biblical theology. Hell fought the messenger from heaven for twenty-one days. Daniel felt deep agony over the end of God's covenant with Israel, and he cried out in his pain to the LORD, seeking relief. It is a fallen angel - a demonic entity - that sought to hinder heaven from bringing Daniel an answer to his prayers, a refreshment to his soul, and Divine protection for his life.īut I also know that if I am in the middle of a deep conflict over losing something very precious, the enemy will fight against any comfort from heaven being brought my way. The "prince of the kingdom of Persia" is not a man. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia was withstanding me for twenty-one days." ( Daniel 10:12-13) "From the first day that you set your heart on understanding this and on humbling yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to your words. Why? What Gabriel says about his delay in responding to Daniel's prayers is revealing. ![]() But here, in Daniel 10, it takes twenty-one days for Gabriel to appear. Remember, in the previous chapter, Gabriel is sent and appears "at the beginning of" Daniel's supplications. Finally, on the twenty-first day, Gabriel appears to give heaven's response to Daniel's supplication. Gabriel does not appear on the first day, the second day, the third day, etc. During the time that he prays (and fasts) there is no answer from heaven. Daniel begins praying, and he prays for twenty-one straight days. At the beginning of Daniel's prayer, a command (from heaven) was issued, and Gabriel came to Daniel with a response to his supplications.īut in the very next chapter ( Daniel 10), there is a different outcome. When God's people pray, heaven begins to move. The angel Gabriel came to Daniel and said: "At the beginning of your supplications the command was issued, and I have come." ( Daniel 9:23). He pleaded for the LORD to forgive them for their rebellion. Heaven moves when people pray.įor example, Daniel prayed in Daniel 9 for his people (the nation of Israel). "God will work it all out for good whether I pray or not," is the common misperception. Even if you don't understand what the LORD reveals in His word, don't sit around in the dark until you do.īelieve in the Word of God over the doctrines of men.įor example, when it comes to prayer, those of us who believe in God's sovereignty have a tendency to trust God and His goodness, and as a result, avoid prayer and any petitions. Systematic theology is never better than biblical theology. ![]() ![]() One must never let a theological construction override biblical instruction. Pink once wrote my grandfather, "as He pleases, only as He pleases, and always as He pleases." Nothing happens in this world but that God either promotes it, prohibits it, or permits it. The sovereignty of God is a cardinal doctrine of Scripture.
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