Walk By
Faith
“For we
walk by faith, not by sight.” 2 Cor. 5:7
This
morning I prayed. You might not think
that is anything especially terrific; except when I prayed, one of my prayers
was 400 years into the future. I have
been praying for quite some time now for my as yet unborn grandchildren,
great-grandchildren and so on. With an
average life expectancy of 80 years covering 5 generations, by my calculation
that is 400 years forward – should the Lord tarry His return.
It is
obvious that I pray this prayer by faith, not by sight. My daughter will be married this summer. She and her future husband hope to be parents
one day and so, I pray this prayer. It
is one of the many marvelous and yet mysterious things about prayer: it is speaking from this realm into an unseen
realm. It is communicating from time
into timelessness. Earth connects with
heaven and, I hope, heaven comes down to kiss earth with a perfect and holy and
just and true answer.
The point
is this: I do not have to see it, or feel it, to believe it. It is a prayer with confidence in an Almighty
God who is an Everlasting Father. This
prayer strengthens me, encourages, and fills me with hope. I see – absolutely nothing. But by faith I am confident this prayer
reaches the inclined ear of my Father, whose heart beats for me, my daughter,
and those five generations. Lord may
Your will be manifested in their lives.
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