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God’s Phone Number
“Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know” (Jeremiah 33: 3).
God’s best provisions often come to His people when they are in the worst of conditions. The assurance of God’s attention to his needs came to Jeremiah while he was unjustly imprisoned. If most of us would engage in introspection we would see this principle is true in our lives.
These provisions cascade down upon the faithful every time God is honored by the one praying. It is as though the “Lord of the Manner” opens the door to his treasure and welcomes the loyalist.
Not only does the devout heart yearn for God, God longs for the devout heart to call on Him.
You may not get the blessings for which you ask. Perhaps from God’s perspective He knows it would not really be blessings. We are not always good at translating our needs into words, and it is a mercy that God understands what we do want a great deal better than we do ourselves. Whether the specific petition is answered or not will matter comparatively little. In some instances the petitions are denied, but the purposes are fulfilled.
God does not always give the thing we ask. Lord Bolingbroke, a prominent British statesman, said to the Countess of Huntingdon, “I cannot understand, your ladyship, how you can make out earnest prayer to be consistent with submission to the Divine will.” “My lord,” she said, ‘That is a matter of no difficulty. If I were a courtier of some generous king, and he gave me permission to ask any favor I pleased of him, I should be sure to put it thus: ‘Will your majesty be graciously pleased to grant me such and such a favor; but at the same time, though I much desire it, if it would in any way detract from your majesty’s honor, or if in your majesty’s judgment it should seem better that I did not have this favour, I shall be quite as content to go without it as to receive it.’ So you see I might earnestly offer a petition, and yet might submissively leave it with the king.”
Such is the nature of the prayer offered with the spirit of “Thy will be done.” No prayer should be offered as an attempt to impose God’s will.
We realize what we consider a need and think we know what it would take to meet it may not find it fulfilling. God acknowledges the need, but often knows that what is requested won’t meet the need. Therefore, He often says “no” to our specific request, but wisely fulfills the need in a different more fulfilling way.
It has been suggested that Jeremiah 33:3 is God’s phone number. If so, call it now. He has invited you to do so. Don’t deny His appeal. He wants to hear from you. You will be amazed at what great and mighty things He can and will show you.