Prayer is Working by G H Lang and published by Classics.
“Much prevailing strength has the supplication of a righteous man in its working.”
What is here written is to prove and illustrate the thought that praying is working, and not merely an adjunct to working. It is a form of working, and not simply a somewhat properly added to our efforts out of reverence to the Almighty; nor is it only an appeal for His blessing to prosper our labours. When a righteous man prays he works. For prayer in the spirit is one agency by which the Spirit of God effects through the believer His will, and is, indeed, a putting forth of His energy.
Moreover, praying is not only working; it is the very highest order of working in three ways:
1. It is that work to which our glorified Lord is ceaselessly devoting Himself: “He ever liveth to make intercession.” It is therefore our closest and highest co-operation with Him; at once our most heavenly and effective work.
2. Prayer is that work which by itself brings to pass results which all other efforts of man cannot effect. Elijah by prayer alone controlled the weather for three and a half years, prohibiting all moisture, both dew and rain. Not all other efforts combined, of all mankind together, could so work.
3. Finally prayer is the highest form of working because it affects the heavens above, and not only the earth-level.
