Prayer Empowers You For His Purpose

When you pray, God empowers you to do what his purpose for you intends you to do.

Consider the end of Matthew 9, where Jesus invites his disciples to pray that the Lord of the harvest would send out laborers into the harvest. Then, in chapter 10, they become laborers in the harvest. 

After they’ve prayed, the Lord has equipped, empowered, and encouraged them in such a way that they could then be the answer to their own prayers.

God often does that when we pray. He often makes us the answer to our prayers. 

If you’re praying for lost people, God will often put a lost person on your heart that you could reach out to with the good news of God’s love. 

If you’re praying for hurting people, God will often bring hurting people across your path or move you in the direction of somebody who has a need you can meet.

When you pray, you’re not telling God what he doesn’t know. You’re not talking him into anything or forcing him to do something. Rather:  

• You’re positioning yourself to receive what his grace wants to give.   
• You’re being molded to be more like Jesus.   
• And you’re being empowered to make a difference in the world, to the glory of God.

When last did God use you as an answer to your own prayer? 

When next will your prayers of faith lead to faithful action?