Mark 11:24 ~ “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”Prayer, what a powerful tool that most people push off to the side. It’s funny how it seems like only in special occasions is it okay to pray. Sure you may pray as a family before dinner; before Thanksgiving, Easter, and Christmas lunch; or when times are rough and people are hurting. And in all of those times there seems to be this generic prayer that everyone says “Dear God, Thank you for this day and this food you have provided. May it be nourishment to our body. Amen.” Sure that is a great prayer, but how often do we get alone with God and really thank Him, ask His forgiveness, and ask Him where He needs us that day so that we may glorify Him? For a lot of people, including me, it is not near as often as it should be. It’s as if we are walking through life and trying to make it our life and live it as we are wanting.
It says in Luke 11:9-10 ~ “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.” This all comes from a simple conversation and time spent with God. He will provide you and equip you with everything you could ever need if you just pray and ask. But the motives behind a prayer are very crucial.
James 4:2-3 ~ “You want something but you don’t get it….You do not have, because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures”. You may think that you can trick God into giving you what you want if you just ask in the right ways, but God knows exactly what you are going to do with the things He gives you before He gives them. You need to make yourself right with God, and seek the path He wants to lead you down. Pray for guidance and direction. Pray that He makes those paths clear for you and opens your eyes to what all He has in store just for you!
Prayer is like coming to the dinner table. You come in after a long day of work and are starving. You sit down and see all the food around you. You begin digging in and indulging all of the tasteful food placed in front of you. And by the end of the meal you have been refilled and are full of energy to keep going. God gives you that energy you need through prayer as he does with the food you consume. Psalm 34:8 ~ “Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!” Taste and see what the Lord has in store for you. He is waiting for you to just ask. Don’t just sit back and let life roll past you.
We have all seen and read what He has done and what He will do for all of those who believe. When you are reading a book, you don’t read the first chapter and the last and call it good. The stuff in the middle is just as important and leads you to the end conclusion. The things between what He has already done and what He will do are just as important, especially during your lifetime. Make more time for God each day, ask Him for the things you need. I promise He will pour great blessings on you and set you on a new and fresh foundation!
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