A reflection on prayer:
And [Jesus] told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” ~Luke 18:1-8
Since this is Holy Week, take a moment to imagine how Jesus' disciples would have looked back on this parable the night he was betrayed, the day he was crucified, and the day he was laid in the tomb. They must have felt utterly hopeless. All their expectation for Jesus as Messiah had been crushed. Now imagine how they felt upon seeing the risen Jesus, the fulfillment of hope far greater than they had known. God does give justice to his children who cry out to him!
This week's requests:
- Pray for Jesus to be so real to us that we are led to greater depths of repentance and faith. Pray for people to experience the transformational power of the love of Jesus as we worship.
- As we move through Holy Week, remembering the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus, pray for your personal holiness. Pray that God would show you your sin and that you would be repentant.
- As we prepare to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus, pray that God would fill your mind with the amazing truth of this event - the beginning of Jesus making all things new. Pray that he would fill your heart with joy at his triumph and the hope it brings.
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