Cat Prayers

“And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.” ~John 14:14 

We now come up against a promise made to the disciples of indiscriminate answers to our prayers and we are at once thrilled and bewildered. I know of no Christian who can claim, without some sort of qualification, a 100% success rate in respect to prayer. That certainly includes me. Moreover, some prayers are open-ended, such as “our daily bread”. Each day that prayer is answered should merit a moment of gratitude; however, I will be hungry again tomorrow. What is Jesus talking about? Is he being reckless with his words? Is he overpromising?
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The very first thing we should note is that the beginning of an answer is found in how he sets up the promise, for it is wrought with qualifiers. Look again at the text: “And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” Removed from the table, at the outset, is any notion of silly or willy-nilly requests. Because I’m a Pastor and am quite well connected to many avenues of communication, I’m overwhelmed at times with appeals to pray over some rather unremarkable requests. I’ve prayed for lost cats, wallets, keys, sunglasses, etc. I’ve also prayed for people to lose things: weight, an unhealthful habit, a bad relationship, etc. It’s not that these requests are of no interest to heaven. The Lord can use the most humble crisis or need to redirect a saint back to the throne of God.

But therein lies the issue – the throne of God. If we will but fight through our momentary concern and pipe down for a moment, we’ll find a bigger order of business at hand, a larger conversation. Thus, when Jesus says, “And I will do whatever you ask in my name…” he is saying a mouthful. We’ve discussed often in these pages that one can well replace the word “name” with “nature”. When we do so in this context, we have fast-tracked ourselves to an understanding of just what it is Jesus is driving at with this promise. To pray according to his nature means we are concerned with what he is concerned about. And, we need only look to the cross to be informed of his greatest concern. He loves the world and desires to populate a heavenly kingdom with souls that have reached out to him in humility and faith. That will always come first. As we grasp this singular concern of his, our prayers line up behind that. It doesn’t mean that God won’t find your cat, but it does mean that his greater concern is for the owner of the cat.