But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished
Peter was in jail. The church has come together, to pray for the release of Peter. Before they finished, God has listened. But they did not believe for a fast answer to their prayer. That’s why they left Peter standing outside knocking.
We pray so often and beg something from God. But do we really believe that He can answer or will answer? How many times is the answer already there, but is knocking at the door of our unbelief.
Since Pentecost the door of heave is open for a disciple, and the Spirit of God is powerful. Everything was possible for the earlier Christians. Yes, God has intervened and Peter was free. But the church did not believe.
We pray in our prayer time always the same prayer points and do not know, that He has answered it already. He does answer our prayers, but we do not recognise it und can because of that, not receive it. Peter must continually knock the door!
God do grant us sometimes freeing, but we leave it untouched in front of the door. He grants us our prayer request but we do not recognize, because it has already happen; let us grasp it! God has also answered our privat prayers already. Let us pick up His presents.
In the Bible is written: .. and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished (Act 12:16). They where astonished because their prayer was already answered. Don’t we do that often as well, in stood of living in the reality of God’s power and according to His promises. God is ready to pour out His blessings for our requerst and for the work we have done, when we fulfil the condition. Maybe we fished the whole night, but we did not get any fish. And the Lord advises us to throw the net on the other side. Blessings will come if we do that.
We pray to God for this or that. Is God dead? Is His hand to short? It s written ....... 1. John 5 ; 14 - 15 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us whatever we ask we know that we have what we asked of him.
Free translation "Manna am Morgen" by H.E. Alexander
