“The Lord our God be with us… May He never leave us nor forsake us… and may the words of my supplication to the Lord be with the Lord our God day and night, that, as the need arises day by day, He may grant justice to His servant” (1 Kings 8:57-59).
When we make our prayers to God we leave out most of what we need—first because we take almost everything basic and essential for granted, and second because we are ignorant. But our Father knows. We forget the prayer; He remembers. We can leave responsibility in His hands, expecting that as the need arises He will know what to do. He wants us to learn where good comes from, for the Father’s heart yearns for the son’s response. The God of the Universe, we might say, “strains His ear” to catch the least whisper of supplication and, if it may be, of gratitude. If we have prayed for something, sometimes we remember that it was God who gave it to us. And sometimes we gladden Him with a grateful word. Why not keep a little notebook, recording prayers asked and answered? It strengthens faith.
**Excerpt originally published in Guided by God’s Promises, p 221.