Your Daily Devotional for November 16, 2006

 

November 16, 2006

 

 

Giving Thanks: For Prayer

by Dr. Paul Chappell

 

 

“Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.”

 

 

Ephesians 6:18

After fleeing Hitler’s Germany in the late 1930s, Albert Einstein found refuge in America. He purchased a quaint, two-story house on a tree-lined street within walking distance of Princeton University. There, the world’s foremost mathematician entertained some of the most distinguished scientific and political personalities of the age.

But Einstein had another frequent visitor in his home. She was not a physicist or a world leader. She was a ten-year-old girl named Emmy. Emmy heard that a very kind man who knew a lot about mathematics had moved into her neighborhood. Since Emmy was having some difficulty with her fifth-grade arithmetic, she decided to visit the man down the block and see if he would help her with her problems. Einstein was very willing and he explained everything to her so that she could easily understand it. He also told her she was welcome to come and knock on his front door whenever she encountered a problem that was too difficult.

A few weeks later, Emmy’s mother learned from one of her neighbors that Emmy was often seen entering the house of the world-famous physicist. When she asked Emmy about it, the girl admitted it was so. “Why, Emmy!” the mother exclaimed. “Professor Einstein is a very important man! His time is very valuable! He can’t be bothered with the problems of a little schoolgirl.”

Then Emmy’s mother rushed over to Einstein’s house and knocked on the door. When Einstein answered the door, she said, “I’m so sorry Emmy has been coming over here and bothering you—”

“Bothering me! Ach, no!” he laughed. “Why, when a child finds such joy in learning, then it is my joy to help her learn! Please don’t stop Emmy from coming to me with her school problems. She is welcome in this house anytime.”

Have you ever stopped to think about prayer? Prayer is when we, as mere human beings, approach God, the Almighty Creator of the universe, and ask for help. How humbling! Yet, God wants to hear from us! Not only that, but He delights in hearing from us! He is waiting to hear from us! What a great and loving God we serve!

Through prayer we can commune with God and seek His help. God offers us His power to help with problems that come into our lives, but we must first seek His help through prayer. When we come to Him with a pure heart and seek His help, He promises to help us.

Do you neglect to spend time with Him in prayer? Do you often rush through prayer without stopping to meet with God? Don’t take this great privilege of meeting with Christ for granted! Thank Him for the opportunity to spend time with Him and meet with Him today!

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