Watchman Nee Daily Devotional for March 30And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint. Luke 18.1.We need to get rid of an improper concept which holds that our God is very reluctant to answer prayer. To pray with persistency simply means that, having clearly recognized Gods need, you keep on praying. Why does the Lord not answer immediately? Why should the days of His silence be prolonged? Here are at least two reasons: (a) that God needs a full reaction from His people concerning the thing with which He is concerned and in which He is deeply interested; and (b) that sometimes such constant prayer is necessary due to a certain kind of need or environmentbecause of the strongholds which Satan builds, more intensified prayer is required to destroy them.
_________________Mike