Prayer and its Answer
Jeremiah 33:3
Call to me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you know not.


A young engineer was being examined, and this question was put to him: "Suppose you have a steam-pump constructed for a ship, under your own supervision, and know that everything is in perfect order, yet, when you throw out the hose, it will not draw; what should you think? I should think, sir, there must be a defect somewhere." "But such a conclusion is not admissible; for the supposition is that everything is perfect, and yet that the pump will not work." "Then, sir," replied the student, "I should look over the side of the ship to see if the river had run dry." Even so it would appear that if true prayer is not answered the nature of God must have changed.



Parallel Verses
KJV: Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

WEB: Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don't know.




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