Prayer That Moves Mountains by Gordon Lindsay

Author:Gordon Lindsay
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: fasting, Health & Fitness, Christian Life, General, Religion, Prayerbooks, Prayer, Devotional
ISBN: 9780899850788
Publisher: Christ for the Nations
Published: 1994-01-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter V

The Secret of Praying in the Will of God

"Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven." (Matt. 6:10)

"And though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, (Divine love) I am nothing." (I Cor. 13:2)

GOD HAS promised us power to move mountains, but we must be sure that we move the mountains He wants moved. God never puts His power on display, nor does He give special demonstrations for the entertainment of the vulgar. The moving of a mountain is of no benefit unless it accomplishes a purpose in the will of God, and unless the act is motivated by a love for humanity. As Paul says, if we have faith to move mountains and have not love we are nothing.

In this we see the all important factor of the will of God. It is necessary that when we pray, "Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven," that we seek the will of God to be done in our life. As I John 5:14 says, "And this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask anything according to His will He heareth us."

MAN IS GOD'S MASTERPIECE

Man is the crowning glory of the creation of God. He was made in the image and likeness of God and given dominion over the earth. (Gen. 1:26) His home was in the Garden of Eden, and in this Paradise there was no sin, no sickness, no pain, no suffering nor death. Before man chose to disobey God, all things moved in the orbit of God's perfect will.

Man in the Garden made an evil choice and thus moved out of the will of God. God countermoved to save him by sending Christ into the world to redeem him, so that in the end he should have all that Adam originally possessed and more too. Through Christ all was to be his for the asking. As Jesus said:

"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

For everyone that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened." (Luke 11:9-10)

Why is it then that so many of God's children seem unable to appropriate the promise? Why is it that they fail so often in getting their prayers answered? Why do so few miracles happen in their lives? Why is it that no mountains are moved? Could it be that there is something missing, something lacking in their lives that deprives them of the benefit of the promise?

THE MYSTERY OF UNANSWERED PRAYER

Here lies the answer to the mystery of much unanswered prayer. God has a pattern for the life of every person born into this world. For every creature made in the image and likeness of God there is a special purpose. The greatest moment in any Christian's experience is when he discovers that purpose for his being on earth.

When a man finds the will of God for his life, then the powers of heaven and earth work for his good.

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