The more you have to circle
something in prayer, the more satisfying it is spiritually. And, often, the more glory God gets.
Until recently, I wanted God
to answer every prayer ASAP. That is no
longer my agenda. I don’t want easy
answers or quick answers because I have a tendency to mishandle the blessings
that come too easily or too quickly. I
take the credit or take them for granted.
So now I pray that it will take long enough and be hard enough for God
to receive all of the glory. I’m not
looking for the path of least resistance; I’m looking for the path of greatest
glory. And that requires
high-degree-of-difficulty prayers and lots of circling…
When you live by faith, it
often feels like you are risking your reputation. You’re not.
You’re risking God’s reputation.
It’s not your faith that is on the line.
It’s His faithfulness. Why? Because God is the one who made the promise,
and He is the only one who can keep it.
The battle doesn’t belong to you; it belongs to God. And because the battle doesn’t belong to you,
neither does the glory. God answers
prayer to bring glory to His name, the name that is above all names.
-- Mark Batterson in The Circle Maker
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