1 John 5:14,15 "Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we asked of Him."
Can we influence a sovereign, all-knowing God that created us and the world around us? Can we change a God that set this world in order and controls the end as well as the days between? If we are able to influence God, why would we? I trust that he knows and acts in the best interest of His people more than I would. Yet, we are still directed in God's word to pray. He tells us in Mark 1 to pray with confidence that what we ask for we will receive. So we serve a sovereign God who directs us to pray and tells us to expect what we pray for to occur. The link between our "influence" and a sovereign God is we must ask in His will. Thankfully we cannot change God's character with our prayers. We cannot change the fact that God is loving and just. If we cannot change God, what change do we bring about with our prayers? We change us. The more we are in prayer, the closer we draw to him and our wants change into what God wants for us. God will not give us anything outside of His will, so we must move closer to His will with our prayers. He tells us in Isaiah 65:24 that He already knows before we call on Him. Throughout the Bible God is desiring a closer relationship with His people. That is what prayer does, brings us closer to Him.
As Written By Claude
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