Living in Prayer

Ephesians 3:20-21

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, 
according to His power that is at work within us, 
to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! 
Amen.

It is amazing how the lessons I teach in Sunday School so often apply to my own life. This week, we read letters 26 and 27 in C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters. In one of the chapters, Screwtape mentions the "Heads I win, Tails you lose" strategy against humans and prayer. In a nutshell, it's a train of thought that nullifies prayer; if the prayer is not answered, then it proves praying is ineffective, if it is answered, then it was bound to happen anyway, and praying is coincidental.

My laptop charger is very feisty. Getting on five years, sometimes there is no electric current running through the black box, especially if it was unplugged for a couple hours. Well, I had to unplug my laptop to write a paper this afternoon, and it was working fine the past couple weeks. Then, I get around to thinking about my devotion for today, so I go to plug my charger in, and of course, it's not working. Going from outlet to outlet, cleaning the prongs, nothing was working. And my devotion time was being eaten into. Then, I had the bright idea to pray about it. Pray for a laptop? Of course!

So I prayed. With conviction. Saying, "God, you are the God of everything, even electronics. Please fix whatever is going on with my charger. Please please please please please!! I know you can do it, you're God. Okay..let's try this!" I took a deep breath and went to plug it in once more time, and lo and behold...the green light lit up! It's working again!

Now, I don't mean to spiritualize everything, but..c'mon..that CANNOT be mere coincidence! As I was praying, I was picturing a tiny little cartoon demon holding onto my laptop charger, keeping it, and me, from working. I don't see demons, but I do believe in their existence, and try to picture them hiding here or there. I know this is a silly little testimony, but so encouraging in my own life, and hopefully for yours, too. Knowing we can bring the little things to God in prayer just shows how much God cares about our everyday routine. God answered my little three-second prayer in such a way, how much greater will His response be to something that we pray for all day every day?