Title: Prayer and Despair
Those who have prayed must have experienced that it is not so easy to receive answers to prayer. If you look at Jesus' prayer in Gethsemane, he cried out with great weeping and tears in prayer. It is recorded that the drops of sweat falling from his forehead at that time turned into drops of blood, so we can guess how much effort and effort he prayed.
Prayer is a spiritual warfare. Wars don't end that easily. There is no war that starts fresh and ends fresh. It is a war that is a life-and-death struggle. Our prayer is to fight the devil and evil spirits who are blocking our way to God. Because of that, it is hard and requires patience. There are times when our prayers hit us too hard and we become discouraged. That's why Jesus said always pray and don't give up.
First, the Lord explained why prayer is difficult in parables.
In Luke 18:1, verse 3, he used a parable to them, saying, “In a city there was a judge who did not fear God and ignored men. There was a widow in that city who went to him often Release my grudge against my enemies.” He said so.
Everyone, when we pray, there are many times when we feel so exhausted that it feels like hitting a rock with our fists. It's not the first time I've felt like a widow coming to the judge. We came to God in heaven and we got down on our knees, but when we cry out to pray, our hearts are so stuffy and our burdens are so heavy. Will God really hear the prayers of people like me? A lot of times it's amazing. This is the parable that the Lord has given us to organize. How incompetent, frustrated, and desperate we may be, how can we compare ourselves to a widow before this great and unjust judge! Even in such an impossible situation, a widow boldly appears to the judge and appeals to the judge with her earnest desire. is.
Everyone! Second, if we look at our scriptures, it is the desperate situation of a widow who is faced with a wall of absolute indifference. I don't know if I listened even a little, but he didn't scold me at all, didn't answer me, and just threw it away. Look at this widow's heart as she tries to break through absolute despair. We have a lot to learn from this widow. We can learn a surprising lesson from this widow's attitude to overcome the problem of absolute despair. When this widow came to this judge, she made an irreversible decision of her heart. I will no longer live a miserable life. Folks, this is the motive for the big change in your life. If you just don't answer, that's all. It's good if you respond, and if you just want to live your life like that, these people cannot make the impossible possible. You cannot turn despair into hope. Although this widow's plight was so wretched and humble, when he came to this judge, he came out with an irreversible heart's determination. I will no longer live a miserable life. I'm no longer a widow