The Parable of the Persistent Widow
1 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. 3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” 6 And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. 7 And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? 8 I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth. Luke !8 1-8
Prayer Warriors:
As we look at this parable, we see this was a unrighteous judge. We know we do not serve an unrighteous God. We serve a God who is loving, merciful and forgiving. Second, a widow who had no rights and no lawyer because she was a woman and a widow in that time. Who would be her defender? We have a advocate, Jesus Christ! Who goes before us and prays to the father for us. So we don't have to beg and plea to our father in heaven, like this widow did to this wicked judge. Thank you, Jesus! Sometimes are prayers are not answered in the time we want them to, It's because His DELAY is our DELIGHT. He has something better for us, there is a plan, a purpose. The ways of Lord are not our ways, as we wait on Him, lets delight in him, spend time with Him. So let us DELIGHT in his DELAY!
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