Power

For years I have heard the words "the power of prayer". I've been doing some thinking about this and have come to the conclusion that there is no power in prayer whatsoever. Praying is simply us talking to God. There is no power in our ability to speak. There is only power in God's ability to listen and answer.

If we prayed to a statue, nothing would happen because the statue has no power. People tend to think that by their great and wonderfully worded prayers, God moves. This is not the case. God moves and breathes whether we live or die. He does not need us to exist in order to maintain a meaningful life. Prayer is simply communicating with God. We talk....He listens. He talks....we listen. Prayer is give and take and full of action. All we have to do is ask our Father in Heaven and if what we ask for is what He also wants, it will be given to us.

Sometimes we ask for something we think we want or need but God can see the future and knows not to give to us what we asked for. We think He is punishing us or doesn't like us, but in reality, He is merely protecting us from our own ignorance. God always answers our prayers. Sometimes the answer is "No." No one likes to hear the word "no" but sometimes it is the best answer. "No", can be the best thing in the world if we could only see what would happen if the answer had been "yes".

There is an older country song that says something to the effect of "I thank God for unanswered prayers". If I remember right, the guy prayed that he would get to be with this one particular girl but the answer was "no" when he prayed. He is now thankful because of that answer because what he has now is so much better than what he thought he wanted before.

No matter what your answer is, be thankful, because God sees what you need and He knows that when your needs are met, you aren't going to be wanting anything else.