Prayer and Authority (5) Partnership

God has given authority over the earth to mankind. Despite man stuffing things up, God keeps his word, so he will not act on earth without getting permission from a human with legitimate authority on earth. This is an important principle.

God will not act on earth
unless a human gives him permission to act.

Jesus has defeated the enemy and given God’s people authority on earth. When we pray we are not asking him to change his mind, we are giving him the authority that he needs to take action on earth.

To give God permission to act, we need to know what he wants to do. The first part of prayer is listening to his voice and finding out his will.

Once we know what he wants to do, we can give him permission to do it. This is the second important principle.

Prayer is finding out God’s will
and giving him authority to do it.

Prayer gives the Holy Spirit permission to do God’s will. He cannot act without getting permission from a human with authority on earth. When we pray for something, we give him the authorization that he needs to act on earth to accomplish God’s purpose.

Prayer is a partnership. The Father has many things that he wants the Holy Spirit to do on earth. The Holy Spirit has immense power, but no authority. We have authority on the earth, but no power. When we give the Holy Spirit permission to use his power using our authority, we can do great things for the Father together. Without him we can do nothing. Without our permission to act, he is constrained. By joining together his power with our authority, he can do great works on earth.