Don’t Lose Heart in Prayer
Then He spoke a parable to them that men always ought to pray and not lose heart (Luke 18:1).
We don’t need to construe or conjecture what Jesus meant in giving us this parable because Luke states Jesus’ meaning from the outset. Christ strategically designed the parable, Luke explains, to empower the prayer lives of His people. Jesus wants us to pray always and believe for fulfillment of Promise. Prayer is to be incessant and unrelenting until answer comes.
The greatest temptation when waiting for God’s answer to your prayer is to lose heart. To become faint-hearted. To be discouraged to the point of despair. To give up hope. To conclude you don’t have what it takes, in this instance, to move heaven on your behalf. To decide that nothing is going to change.
Make no mistake about it; there is a mocking spirit that has been launched from the enemy that is part of Satan’s strategy to pummel God’s people into faint-heartedness.
That is why this parable is more relevant and crucial today than ever. Because of the warfare we face, we desperately need the faith this parable imparts.
Bob Sorge