What promises God gives for those who keep on asking, seeking, and knocking in prayer (Matthew 7:7). If you are like me, you can pray, THINKING that you are trusting God to answer, but never really expecting to SEE an answer.
Recently we have been praying for China in conjunction with the Olympics in Beijing. We were even wearing the gray wrist bands circulated by Voice of the Martyrs with "Pray for China" engraved. But our whole thinking in our praying was, "Lord, do your work IN China, giving grace to your persecuted people to be bold and courageous in their witness to Christ."
After a few days of praying I received an email from a friend who knew of a young female entering the university in our town. She needed a place to stay for a couple of nights until registration and the dorms opened. As things worked out, we had her stay in our home and thoroughly enjoyed the time with her. We hope to continue to get to know her and have her in our home during the school year. We also had some times to begin sharing Christ with her. She seemed very receptive. The young lady was fresh in the US from mainland CHINA.
However, the "DUH!" for us came a couple of days after we had hosted her. My wife looked at her "Pray for China" wrist band and a light suddenly went on, "Oh, our guest was Chinese, and we've been praying for the gospel to go forth in China! He has brought China to us! Praise the Lord!"
Praise the Lord indeed! Another lesson in the foolishness of putting the sovereign, omnipotent, omniscient prayer-answering God in a BOX. Perhaps we should begin to pray like this, "And Lord, answer this request in your own sovereign way and give me eyes to see when you do it."
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