Then He Did

The next conversation we read about in the Bible (we’re looking at the beginnings of prayer) is that of God talking to Noah, when the earth is so full of evil that God is sorry he ever made man.

We’re looking at prayer, and how to be effective in prayer.

And it starts with looking at the way prayer was initiated back at the beginning of God’s relationship with man.  After all, prayer is a conversation with God where we speak and he answers, or maybe he speaks first and we listen. 

Noah found favor in God’s eyes.   God spoke to him with pretty amazing directives to build an ark, something that had never been done, because it was going to rain, something that had never occurred.

And here’s Noah’s response:

Thus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did. (Genesis 6:22)

What if…prayer is supposed to really be generated with God speaking to us first?  It seems most of my prayers are me falling on my knees in petition to God to speak to me, heal me, provide for me, help me, etc.

But what if prayer is more than just a one-way monologue?

What if prayer is God initiating a conversation with us with his plans and purposes for our lives, and then us responding back to him by obeying all that we hear?

If prayer begins with Him speaking, we won’t need to wonder what to pray about.  He will speak His heart and we will listen and choose to obey, and we will be satisfied because we are obeying Him.

Wow, who knew God initiated so many convos with his people?  And these convos initiated responses back that then created dialogue for prayer time?