Genesis 9:16, 17 is more of God’s response to Noah after the
flood:
When the bow is in the cloud, then I will look
upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh
that is on the earth.” And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have
established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.”
We still see the rainbow today, and we still
think of the promise made behind that rainbow.
We are experiencing the effects of effective
prayer from thousands of years ago.
So how is this related to prayer?
Let’s look at this again.
If prayer is a solemn request for help or an
expression of thanks, then there must be a relationship we are desiring with
God. We want to call on him and have him
listen and answer.
But in Genesis, we see that God is asking
something of man first, and when man responds by believing and obeying and
trusting, God then is pleased and man responds in thanksgiving.
I want to try this today. I think it might be a bit scary, to sit down
and listen to see what God is saying first.
But then I think it might be quite amazing to see
what happens when I listen in prayer and obey, before I petition and plead and
beg.
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