“Be joyful always; pray continually…”
Praying is a funny action word. I mean if you think about it everyone prays differently. Some are more eloquent, while others talk as they would to their best friend, some take their time to get to the point and then there’s those who say exactly what’s on their mind, but to God it’s all the same: conversation with Him.
“The greatest hindrance in prayer is lack of faith.”
Consider it, God wants us to perceive Him as our Father and yet when we pray we are constantly approaching Him as we would an adult our age. We tell and don’t ask. We need to go to Christ as a child would to their parents. Young ones long for intimacy with their parents, one can tell this by the excited yells echoing the halls when a father comes home. The kids are ecstatic to share their experiences and desires, to ask for help in situations; they are longing to tell him everything. This is how we should react to praying to God, ecstatic, longing, desiring intimacy.
“And whatever things you ask in prayer, believe, you will receive them.” Matthew 21:22d
It’s easy for us to cower from God, He is so big and we are so small, why would He ever want to hear the insignificant murmurings of our hearts? Reality is Christ longs to be in every part of our lives guiding and strengthening us through each aspect. Why are we cowering from a Father who's only hope is that we succeed?
“And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.” Ephesians 6:18b
I remember thinking how ridiculous it was to ask God to help me through school, or to provide for something I wanted, or to ask Him for strength in a certain circumstance, I figured He only wanted to hear about the big, life changing decisions. Oddly enough once I started allowing Christ into every corner of my daily life I found my plans forming into His plans for me, and boy, did those plans work out so much better! I had to realize that God loves for us to be continually telling Him how we need Him to provide. He will provide, even though in the moment it may not seem like the provision we were asking for we soon come to see in the bigger picture His answer was exceptionally greater.
Devote your prayers to God with the faith of a child. Let God become apart of, not only the big choices, but also the small hourly ones, you’ll see His hand like you’ve never seen it before. So, Pray, I dare you.
