Praying in the middle voice is a participation in the action of God. It is an acknowledgment of our place in his created order, recipients of his action and responders to it. God’s activity is like the current of the Mississippi River. We can agree with it, enter into it, and swim freely along with the water’s pull. We can also deny his activity, swim against the current, and fight it with the flailing of our arms and kicking of our feet. Either way, we’re going with the river. No one wins a fight against that kind of current. You can agree with it and cruise along assisted, or you can fight
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