I’ve got to tell you – the Internet blows my mind! My sister and I were talking on the phone this weekend while we were each at our computers. I sent her something, she got it immediately. How does that happen? It’s amazing to my little mind. I’m thankful there are smart people out there that have all these things figured out. My inventor spirit stops at the end of a glue stick! It’s amazing to me that I can put something on the Internet and my friends in Spain can see it and respond quicker than it used to take to make a long-distance phone call!
However, there’s another phenomenon that’s even more awesome than that – it’s called prayer. How is it that I can, in my smallness, call out to the God of the universe without even lifting my voice and He hears me? The psalmist said in Psalm 34:4 “I sought the Lord and He heard me…” In Psalm 116:1 he says, I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.” I am so undeserving that God would hear my prayers and answer them, but He does! He doesn’t do it because of who I am, but because of Who He is! There’s no dial up, no Explorer, no modem necessary. All that’s needed is a connection. A person must be a child of God by accepting Christ as their Savior, to have access to the Father. After salvation we stay connected by keeping our sin confessed. Psalm 66:18 reminds us “If I regard iniquity in my heart the Lord will not hear me.” What a blessed privilege is ours to be able to pray at any time anywhere and know that He hears and answers.
Computers break down. A poor connection doesn’t always allow you access to the Internet. Sometimes our server doesn’t function properly. We can easily get over the delight of this invention because of these issues, but the opportunity to pray will always be ours. God’s ear is always turned towards our cry. May we never get over the privilege of prayer.
Bill Gates may have gotten rich from his work with computers and Microsoft, but I’m the one who is rich from the ability to pray. That’s just like our God, isn’t it?
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