Magnificent Prayer #254
Magnificent Prayer #254
May my prayer be set before you like incense.
Psalm 141:2
Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
Revelation 5:8
When God hungers for some special satisfaction, he seeks out a prayer to answer. Our prayer is the sweet aroma from the kitchen ascending up into the King’s chambers making him hungry for the meal. But the actual enjoyment of the meal is his own glorious work in answering our prayer. The food of God is to answer our prayer. The most wonderful thing about the Bible is that it reveals a God who satisfies his appetite for joy by answering prayers. He has no deficiency in himself that he needs to fill up, so he gets his satisfaction by magnifying the glory of his riches by filling up the deficiencies of people who pray.
JOHN PIPER
Pray About It: God is looking for prayers to answer. When He does so, it satisfies a part of His Fatherly nature. It allows Him to express His love as nothing else can do.
Your every prayer wafts like incense to heaven and elicits a response from a God who is hungry to move on your behalf.
When you pray, think about the incense that you’re offering God. It will make a difference.
That which ascends as prayer descends as blessing, like the vapor that is drawn up by the kiss of the sun to fall in the freshening rain.
ALEXANDER MACLAREN
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