Evan who?

Written by erin_movies

“My prayers weren’t answered.???

Have you said this before? It is easy to believe it, especially when we pray for something that may seem very good, but we don’t see any result.

But that doesn’t necessarily mean the result isn’t there.

Evan Almighty is a story based on the biblical account of Noah. The story begins when Evan Baxter, a newly elected congressman, throws out a prayer to God. He prays that God would help him to change the world. His wife, Joan, prays for their family to grow closer. But what results of these prayers are nothing like what the Baxters expect.

Instead of changing a policy, eliminating world hunger, creating a new law or defeating racism, God asks Noah to drop what he’s doing and go build an ark. What happens after that seems crazy—Noah sets out to build a huge boat and animals from all over the world start crowding around it.

This is probably not what Evan had in mind and it really got me to thinking. How many times do we rush to think of the end result in our prayers without giving any thought to what’s required to make those things happen? If God just instantly granted us patience, joy, love for our neighbor, or selflessness, would we really learn anything? Would those things be real? Do certain prayers need to be developed and not just granted?