The
following is from my new book If God Knows What I Need, Why Should I Pray?
There’s more to reality than what you can see
with your eyes. God created everything in heaven and on earth, “visible and
invisible” (Col. 1:16). Imagine a horizontal line that divides the things
we can see from the things we can’t see. Everything “below the line” is visible
and exists in the earthly realm. Everything “above the line” is invisible and
exists in the spiritual realm.
Second Corinthians 4:18 describes the two
realms: “While we look not at the things
which are seen [below the line], but at the things which are not seen [above the line]; for the things which are seen are
temporal [below the line], but the things which are
not seen are eternal [above the line].”
The invisible things in the spiritual realm seem
like foolishness to those who only believe in what they see in the earthly
realm. Paul writes, “But a natural
man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him and he cannot
understand them, because they are spiritually appraised” (1 Cor. 2:14). (Hendrickson
Publishers 2016, p.46-47).
When we pray, we reach into the spiritual
realm and ask God in heaven to intervene in our situations here on
earth. Jesus said, “The things that are impossible with people [natural realm] are possible with God [spiritual realm].” (Luke 18:27) Since we can’t
see what’s going on in the spiritual realm when we pray, we must trust God’s promises
in His Word that what He says will come to pass. Faith is the conviction of the
things not seen (Heb. 11:1). So the next time you pray, keep in mind the
reality of the spiritual realm, which is an important part of receiving the
answer. www.kentcrockett.blogspot.com
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If God Knows What I Need, Why Should I Pray? explains that some
things in your life will not happen unless you pray. CLICK HERE to read chapter one.
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