Stop nagging at humans. Nag at God.

Nobody likes to be nagged at, especially children.  "Don't keep telling me all the time to pack my bed or tidy the room."

God is majestic.  He is King of the world.  So I don't bother God with small insignificant things.  I don't pray to God and ask him what time I should leave the house, what bus to take, or what brand of toothpaste to buy.

But, funny.  The Bible seems to advise us to do the opposite.  "Pray without ceasing... (1 Thess 5:17), it says.  Pray without ceasing about what??  It must include praying for insignificant things as well.

The parable of the naggy woman (Luk 18:1-5) suggests that when God does not answer, nag Him.  The judge gave in to the naggy woman because he reasoned that her nagging would wear him down.

And in Luk 11:5-8, Jesus taught another parable.  Through persistency (repeat, insist, nag, nag, nag) a man was rewarded with the loaves of bread he wanted from his friend. 

In both these parables,  the trick was to continue to nag and irritate the other party until he gave in to the request.  This applies to praying to God.

I find this prayer strategy, of nagging our Heavenly Father, disconcerting.  But then, it is recommended in the Bible. 

Alleluia!

Habakkuk's world and Our world

Read the first few verses of Habakkuk in the Old Testament, and you may find the world in similar situation.

Habakkuk asked (Hab 1):
How long O Lord, will I call for help and Thou wilt not hear?
I cry out to Thee "Violence!", yet Thou dost not save.
Why dost Thou make me see iniquity and cause me to look on wickedness?
Yes, destruction and violence are before me; strife exists and contention arises.
Therefore, the law is ignored and justice is never upheld.
For the wicked surround the righteous, therefore justice is perverted.

The Lord Replied:
Look among the nations, Observe! Be astonished! Wonder!
Because I am doing something in your days--you would not believe if you were told.
For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans,
That fierce and impetuous people who march throughout the earth
To seize dwelling places which are not theirs.
They are dreaded and feared.
Their justice and authority originate with themselves.
Their horses are swifter than leopards and keener than wolves...
They fly like an eagle swooping down to devour.
All of them come for violence, ...they collect captives like sand...

Well, if you replace the word CHALDEANS  with ISIS TERRORISTS, you may find that what is happening in the world today is same as what was happening in Habakkuk's time.

But the Chaldeans were raised by God to punish the sinful people during that time.
The ISIS Terrorists are not 'raised by God' to punish the sinful people during our time.  God has already sent His only Son to die on the cross for all our sins.

ISIS is not sent by God.  It is the result of the sins of humankind.