Luke
18:1-8
Jesus
told his disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray always
without becoming weary. He said, “There was a judge in a certain town who
neither feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in that town used
to come to him and say, ‘Render a just decision for me against my adversary.’ For
a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, ‘While it is
true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow keeps
bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and
strike me.’ The Lord said, “Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says. Will
not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and
night? Will he be slow to answer them? I tell you, he will see to it that
justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find
faith on earth?
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Reflection:
How
persistent are we when we have prayer petitions before God? If God seems silent
and unheard of; do we easily give-up that He will hear our prayers petitions?
Do we lose our faith when we don’t hear/feel any signs from God about our
pleadings?
In the
gospel Jesus gave the disciples a parable about a Judge who neither feared God
nor respected any human being and a widow who was very persistent with her
petition before the judge to grant her a just decision against her enemy.
Initially
it would seem that the judge would not grant her request but the widow was very
persistent and she never gave-up thus she continued on badgering the judge.
Eventually the judge granted her petition for a just decision.
We all have
our own silent prayers before God, we may have been praying for weeks, months,
even years and it may seem that God is absent and quite. Let us not lose hope
let us continue to storm the heavens with our prayers.
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