Expectant Prayer “And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” Mark 11:22–24 George Müller once made a commitment to speak in Canada. While crossing the Atlantic Ocean his ship ran into a dense fog bank and had to stop. Another evangelist named Charles Inglis made the same trip a few weeks later and heard the story from the ship’s captain. Müller made his way to the wheelhouse and said, “I have come to tell you that I must be in Quebec on Saturday afternoon. I have never broken an engagement in fifty years.” The captain replied that he could do nothing in light of the bad weather. “Let us go down to the chart room and pray,” Müller said. As the captain told the story, he said, “I looked at the man of God, and I thought to myself, what lunatic asylum could the man have come from? I never heard of such a thing.” He asked Müller, “Do you know how dense the fog is?” “No,” Müller replied. “My eye is not on the density of the fog, but on the living God who controls every circumstance of my life.” Müller prayed for the fog to lift in five minutes. The captain asked if he should pray, but Müller said, “I believe God has answered. There is no need to pray.” Within moments the fog was gone, and they were on their way. Our faith in God’s answers to our prayers should never be dictated by the circumstances we face but by His promises. Be sure that when you pray you are praying with faith in God. Today’s Renewal Principle:We should be confident in our prayers, expecting to receive what God has promised. By Paul Chappell
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 04:04:57 +0000
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