46. He Wants Us To Pester Him

Luke 18:5

Have you ever had somebody in your life that just talks to you too much? You know who I mean, right? This person just doesn’t know where to stop. When you’re on the phone with them, you can’t get out of the call. When you have to text them, they send you 50 responses when you only needed one. Their emails are like Russian novels and if they need to ask you something, you know you need to pack a lunch, ‘cause you’re going to be there a while. We all have people like that in our lives and they wear us out. Sometimes, I think folks don’t pray very much because they’re worried they will annoy God. People think there is a quota of how many requests they get a month, so they try not to wear Him out. Or, they try to pray about world hunger or the Middle East because they think God is more interested in that stuff than in hearing about their frustration with their boss or their kids. Here’s the deal: When Jesus taught about prayer, He never said any of those things! In fact, He said God wants us to pester Him, beat down His door and wear Him out with our requests! In Luke 18 He talked about a woman who was annoying a judge so much, the judge was afraid she was going to ‘beat him black and blue’ and then Jesus said, “That’s the way to pray!” I love Jesus because He wants me in His face all day long, beating down His door with whatever in the world is on my heart. In fact, He doesn’t just want that, He loves it.