I absorbed these words from David Wilkerson's blog. I enconter this everyday - people asking others to pray for their needs, all the while that person is not living a Godly life, praying, or reading His Word. God's agenda just does not work like that. He seeks fellowship with us, not just a wish list of our prayer needs. He seeks our time and our lives - not just the hurried prayer tossed up in times of trouble. He seeks repentent hearts that come to Him.
I can write this with complete authority. I have lived for years, knowing I had to depend solely upon His Word and prayer to maintain life and breath in my lungs. Never would I have survived this long by merely asking others to pray for me as I coasted through life, doing as I pleased, spending my time with "fun" activities, and remaining distant from the Lord. It is time to get serious about our relationships with the Lord. He already knows if we are living as He Word instructs.
"Recently, while counseling a Christian man who faced marital, financial and career problems, it dawned on me he was hoping I would say a prayer or give him some kind of supernatural advice to solve his problems. Yet he admitted he himself does not pray. He watches many hours of television, but he doesn’t pray or read the Scriptures. I thought to myself, “How many Christians today face incredibly complex and overwhelming problems, yet never seek God in private prayer?”
May I lovingly ask you some questions? Do you diligently seek the Lord with all your heart and strength regarding your problems and needs? Do you give him quality time in secret prayer, waiting on him? Do you spend at least some meaningful time each day studying his Word? If your answer is no, I would have to honestly say that no one else’s prayers will prevail on your behalf. God expects us all to be in agreement in prayer. His Word promises, “If you seek the Lord your God, you will find him, if you seek him with all your heart and soul” (Deuteronomy 4:29).
Until God’s people learn to go quickly to him in secret prayer with all their needs and problems, unburdening their souls in his presence, there will be constant disorder and despair. Every time I spend unhurried, quality time with my Lord, I come away refreshed, encouraged and confident God is going to make a way.
If my messages provoke you to get back to praying diligently and in faith, I am convinced you will one day thank me, because you’ll see God’s blessing and favor on all sides. The Lord deeply loves all who seek his face daily. May he forgive us for neglecting him days on end.
I urge you, begin spending that time with him today. Go to God and pour out your soul in his holy presence."
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