How do we know prayer matters in light of God's sovereignty?
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Prayer matters because God commands us to pray, and it is the means through which He accomplishes His purposes on earth.
While God is sovereign and His will is unchangeable, He has ordained prayer as a means of achieving His predestined outcomes. In Ezekiel 36:37, God states, 'I will be inquired of by the house of Israel to do it for them,' indicating that He desires His people to pray. This raises a crucial aspect of the relationship between divine sovereignty and human responsibility—God calls us to pray not to change His mind but to align our hearts with His purposes. As the Apostle Paul urges in 2 Thessalonians 3:1, we should pray for the Word to have free course and be glorified, believing that our prayers are important in God's redemptive plan.
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