Unlock the Power of PrayerChikamu

Prayer has been something that I have personally struggled with for many years. I often say my favorite person in the Bible is the man who says, "I believe; help my unbelief." I believe in prayer. I believe in salvation. I believe in God's blessings and promises, but sometimes, I struggle to believe He hears my prayers and desires to answer me.

This struggle started for me several years ago when my dad was diagnosed with cancer. I was still a young believer (I didn't meet Jesus until I was about 27 years old). Ironically, I had recently done a study on healing. I thought I understood it. I just knew that my dad would be healed.

When he passed away exactly three months later, I struggled with that. I know we live in a broken world; I understand sowing and reaping, but why? Did God not hear my prayers? Why didn't He answer me? For a while, it was difficult to pray at all.

One day, I turned on Christian radio, and a little boy was being interviewed. He told about a time when he lived on a farm, and one of his cows had a baby. He carried the calf around and took care of it because it had been born small and young. Still, the calf ended up passing away.

The little boy cried out to God. "Why did this have to happen?" God reached down and comforted him, saying, "You won't always understand my ways. You don't get to know why I allow the things that I do, but I know exactly how you're feeling because my son died too. I know the pain, the grief, and the anger. I know what you're going through, and I'm here for you."

We serve a God who knows what we've been through. That's who Jesus Christ is. He came to this earth and went through the same things that we go through so that we don't have a high priest who doesn't understand. He had a father in Heaven who allowed it and had to watch it happen. He knows your pain, and He knows your grief, and He wants to walk through that with you.

Just Pray!

Pray even when you don't understand, even when you're angry, even when you're upset, even when everything is not going as you thought. God says He will comfort us through our prayers. Just trust Him, cry out to Him, and pray to Him regardless of what's going on around you.