A friend who is a commercial pilot told me about a flight in which he encountered a serious mechanical issue—a problem with dangerous implications. When the situation occurred, the warning lights in the cockpit informed him of the problem and he monitored it all the way to the destination, ultimately landing safely.
Once on the ground, the pilot immediately went to the maintenance staff and reported it. To his surprise, the mechanics responded, “We already know about the problem and are ready to fix it. When you got the cockpit warning, we automatically got an electronic warning as well.”
As he shared that incident, I couldn’t help but compare it to Jesus’ words about our heavenly Father: “Your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him” (Matt. 6:8). He said this in contrast to people who believe that they must “use vain repetitions . . . . For they think that they will be heard for their many words” (v.7). Jesus presupposes God’s knowledge of and concern for His children.
Even though God knows our needs, He still wants us to share our hearts with Him. He stands ready to hear our prayer and to repair our brokenness by His grace.
Although God knows our every need,
His work He wants to share;
He takes us into partnership
By calling us to prayer. —D. De Haan
Prayer is the voice of faith, trusting that God knows and cares.
Before we know what we need, God actually knows it before us. But yet, God still requests us to pray to him and ask for it. Why? Simply because He wants us to share with him, He wants us to talk to him more. This is a great way for us to talk to our God through prayer.
Sometimes I might not know how to ask God for what I want, but still I will talk to God. I might not even understand what I am talking about, but I am very sure God knows what I am talking about. We don't have to write down what we want to tell God in a paper, check all your grammars, make sure it is perfectly written without any mistake then only we start our prayer. We just have to talk to God sincerely. Tell Him what you worried about, tell Him what you need, tell Him that you are helpless and you need His help, and not forgetting to commit everything onto His hands and trust Him fully.
