Godward Passion, God's Will & Prayer

Before I get to today's topic, I want to encourage you to scope out Phil Johnson's blog. You may not agree with everything he writes or the pert attitude that sometimes displays itself, but I sincerely appreciate his underlying Godward focus.

Been reading Bruce Ware's helpful book on Open Theism "God's Lesser Glory" (Crossway Books, ISBN: 1-58134-229-2). Was encouraged by the following: "Prayer is not a means by which the will of God is shaped in the historical moment, as if God hears and takes into account what we bring to him and only then, at that moment, forms his will. To the contrary, we should view the will of God as a previously existing reality, already formed and perfectly wise. We pray not to contribute to the shaping of an evolving divine will but to align ourselves with the purposes and directives of a will so perfect and wise and fully informed that we would be fools to attempt to alter it, were that even possible. The presupposition of a healthy, humble, God-honoring petitionary prayer is not 'Your will be formed,' but 'Your will be done.'" (p. 170)