The Business of Persevering Prayer Can Change Evil Into Good

What force can so affect and dominate evil that the very results of evil will be changed into good? We have the answer in Paul’s words, in connection with the prayers made for him:

“Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver; in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; Ye also helping together in prayer for us. What then? Notwithstanding every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached, and therein I do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.”

We can see how the promises of God are made real and personal by prayer. “All things work together for good to them that love God.” This is a jeweled promise. Paul loved God, but he did not leave the promise alone, as a matter of course, he had to work out its blessed results in prayer. That is why he wrote to the Corinthians this way, “I am in trouble. I trust in God to deliver. Ye also [are] helping together by prayer.” When we help each other by prayer, you help God to make the promises of His Word strong and rich and come to realization in our lives.

You can not just claim a promise from God and expect Him to deliver it. No, we must pray earnestly for it and ask other people to help by praying with you. Then we must trust God to work it out for our good and believe He will deliver. Sometimes the answer can happen instantly with out delay, or it can take many years. Just persevere in your prayers, and like Paul, keep requesting other people for their help in praying; then in just the right time you to can shout “All things work together for good to them that love God”!