All We Can Do?

I had a friend once tell me the story about a very wealthy man and his wife that he had gone to eat with. As they were sitting there the wife asked: “do you think I could get a steak.” To which he replied with: “hmm I guess.” My friend piped up “YOU GUESS?”  He said: “you could buy the restaurant and, you guess?” The rich man had a poor man’s mentality. He just didn’t understand how much money he had. 

It makes me think of the phrase “All we can do is pray.” How many times have we said or heard that? I know most of the time this is probably said in a situation where we can’t do anything in our power to fix whatever is wrong. So we try to comfort someone or ourselves with this phrase. We, like the rich man, do not understand what we have. 

The power of prayer has raised the dead, healed the sick, saved the lost, and set free the captives. It is a direct communication with God. It’s not “all we can do,” it’s the most important thing we can do. Or as a dear friend of mine says; “All I have to do is pray!” So don’t underestimate the power that we have access to in prayer.

James 5:16 NIV The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

1 Timothy 2:1 KJV I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;