Can I convince God to change His mind?When I pray, whose mind am I hoping to change? God’s? Or my own? Am I trying to sell Him on my good plan, or am I trying to convince myself to buy into His? Do I really think that I could come up with a better plan than His anyway? Unfortunately, sometimes I do think so. Even though I know how ridiculously stupid that is.
Scot McKnight published the following quote from Peter Kreeft on Scot’s blog Jesus Creed:
“But we cannot change God, can we? No, we cannot. But is that why we pray? To change omniscient Love?”
“Isn’t it [our reason for praying] rather to learn what it [God’s love] is and to fulfill it? Not to change it by our acts, but to change our acts by it.”
No, I do not want to change “omniscient Love”. So, Lord, as I pray, help me get on board more and more with Your program. Change me. And I thank You for being Unchangeable.
