Tenacious Prayer

Luke 18:6 says, “And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?  I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”

In this parable Jesus is teaching us to prayer tenaciously. The definition of tenacious is:

• 1.holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often fol. by of ): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
• 2.highly retentive: a tenacious memory.
• 3.pertinacious, persistent, stubborn, or obstinate.
• 4.adhesive or sticky; viscous or glutinous.
• 5.holding together; cohesive; not easily pulled asunder; tough.

His example is a women who is asking for a judgement and essentially bugs the judge until he is so tired of hearing her complaints he gives her what she is asking for. What is crazy is God is giving us the permission to wear him out in prayer.

What do you do that is tenacious? There are a lot of things that I get fixed on and I become tenacious about it, but prayer is not one. One of the definitions of tenacious is stubborn. I believe the God is saying, “I want you to wear me out on prayer until you get an answer (I’m not saying the answer is yes or no, I’m just saying there is an answer.”

I can’t imagine what could happen if we pray a tenacious prayer. But I think I want to begin today. Who wants to start praying tenaciously today?