A Formal Request

Today I am equating prayer, the supplication kind (asking for something), to a form that needs to be filled out or formal request of some kind. Almost all governments and organizations of any size have something like this. A 'ticket' is created to document that there was a problem then that 'ticket' gets closed.

"And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.' For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.' And the Lord said, 'Hear what the unrighteous judge says. And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?' " - Luke 18:1-7 ESV

Was the form filled out? Who gets the form? Do they care about the issue? Can the people who get the request fix the issue? Do they have the power? These are questions we ask and must answer about any formal request.

In the parable, the woman knew the judge had the power so she kept coming.

'And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?'

Jesus said this. What is our answer to His question?

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