DEVOTIONAL ON PRAYER 2023
Isaiah 5:30 is a good reminder. “And if one looks at the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be darkened by the cloud.” When faced with difficulties, we must not merely look across the land and our circumstances; instead, we must raise our eyes to the hills. Psalm 121:1-2 gives us this assurance: “I lift up my eyes to the hills – where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” We look to the hills and pray with faith. Let us reflect on the relationship between prayer and faith. When we pray, we must have faith because the object of our prayer is God. God is Spirit; although we can’t see Him, we know that we are not praying into thin air or a silent void. Rather, we are communicating intimately with a personal God, and so we must pray with faith. We believe that there is a God, but is that enough? James 2:19 says, “ You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that-and shudder.” How does our be