Do I Truly Pray to God?
"Be careful for nothing, but in everything, by supplication and prayer, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God."
This is the Divine cure for all fear, anxiety, and undue concern of our soul, all of which are closely similar to doubt and unbelief. This is the Divine prescription for securing that peace which passes all understanding, and keeps the heart and mind in quietness and peace.
All of us need to learn well and heed the caution given to us in Hebrews: "Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God."
We need, also, to guard against unbelief as we would against an enemy. Our faith needs to be cultivated. We need to keep on praying, "Lord, increase our faith," for faith is susceptible of increase. Paul's tribute to the Thessalonians was that their faith would grow exceedingly. Faith is increased only if we exercise it, or by putting it to use. It is nourished by painful trials.
"That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glow at the appearing of Jesus Christ."
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Faith grows by reading and meditating on the Word of God the Holy Bible. And the best growth of all is our faith thrives in an atmosphere of prayer.
It would be well, if all of us were to stop, and ask ourselves personally: "Have I faith in God? Have I real faith, -- faith that keeps me in perfect peace, about the things of earth and the things of heaven?" This is the most important question a person can submit and expect to be answered. And there is another question, closely similar to it in significance and importance -- "Do I really pray to God so that He hears me and answers my prayers? And do I truly pray to God so that I get direct from God the things I ask of Him?"
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