Hovering Prayers
I have a philosophy of praying I call "hovering prayers". I'm not sure how theologically or Biblically sound this philosophy is, but I believe it's possible.
I think there are many prayers that God holds in this hovering zone until the time that they are needed. Intercessory prayers for strength, for guidance, for healing, or any other prayers we pray for others are often put in this "holding zone" until the time they are especially needed. Perhaps the circumstances are not in line yet for the prayers to be answered, or perhaps the person's heart is not yet right.
Then, when the timing is right and those prayers are needed in that person's life, the Lord "drops" those prayers down to touch the people and circumstances involved.
We often hear testimonies of people who attribute their spiritual awakening to the "persistent prayers of their grandmother" over the years. I think this could be an example of the "hovering prayers".
We all have our ideas about how God should answer our prayers, but so often God's answers come at a different time, in a different way than we anticipated. As these prayers are hovering, they are answered in the exact way and the exact time that God intends.
I think there are many prayers that God holds in this hovering zone until the time that they are needed. Intercessory prayers for strength, for guidance, for healing, or any other prayers we pray for others are often put in this "holding zone" until the time they are especially needed. Perhaps the circumstances are not in line yet for the prayers to be answered, or perhaps the person's heart is not yet right.
Then, when the timing is right and those prayers are needed in that person's life, the Lord "drops" those prayers down to touch the people and circumstances involved.
We often hear testimonies of people who attribute their spiritual awakening to the "persistent prayers of their grandmother" over the years. I think this could be an example of the "hovering prayers".
We all have our ideas about how God should answer our prayers, but so often God's answers come at a different time, in a different way than we anticipated. As these prayers are hovering, they are answered in the exact way and the exact time that God intends.
posted by weso at 6:41 PM
1 Comments:
This reminds me of something CS Lewis wrote about how God is beyond history...timeless in a way that isn't only eternal, but beyond what we sense as time...always present in all moments. So maybe this idea about hovering prayers has something to do with the fact that while we experience time (and place) in particular ways, God is beyond all that...everywhere everytime. And so the prayers exist before and after we pray them in our time.
Just thinking... :)
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