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Why do you go back to the same coffee shop time after time? Why do you find yourself ending up at the same two or three places for lunch during the week? Why do you prefer that one particular home improvement store or outdoor store?
Usually, it’s about service. The staff is helpful and friendly when you need it and stay out of your way when you don’t. The store stocks the brands and items you are likely to want. The prices are fair. Bottom line: you go back to where you get good results.
So, why do we continually pray to God? Why do we tell everyone that we are depending on Jesus for our salvation? Why do we hold out this constant hope for His return? Aren’t we just wishing? Aren’t we just living on blind, groundless faith?
No. We pray and hope and believe because He has a proven track record. We’ve seen the results time and again. God delivers. Jesus delivers.
“I love the LORD, because He has heard
My voice and my supplications.
Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.” Psalm 116:1-2
He has responded in the past. He has heard me before. I call on Him because I know He will come through for me. I continue to depend on God because He acts in my life, answers my prayer, hears my cries, and causes growth. Ours is not an empty faith. It is a confident faith based on a solid record.
We get very good results from God.