Dear Saints,
A quick post here about something I'm learning in my walk with Jesus that I think may help others as well. When I first got saved and for many years, I would spend hours in prayer. I'd pray for my lost loved ones, for my job, for the health of others.. for my marriage, etc. For many things. And yes, we are supposed to take our requests before the Lord. The Bible encourages us to cast our cares on Him and to spend time in prayer. The Bible says that the prayer of the righteous is powerful!!
But what exactly is prayer? I know I've mentioned this before, but is prayer just us coming before God with a list of requests? Or is it a time of two-way communication? Believe me, it's not easy (especially for an ADHD person as myself) to sit still and listen for the voice of God. But the Lord wants to talk to us as much as we need to talk to Him.
The thing I'm learning is that we don't need to come to the Lord daily with our lists of requests and needs. GOD already knows everything about us, every struggle, every trial, every heartache, every need, every health or money or marriage or kid issue. He already knows the deepest desires of our heart.
So, how about if we just come into His presence and just hang out with Him? How about we read the Bible while talking to Him about what we are reading? How about we just put on worship music and instead of listing our requests, just worship Him for 15 minutes, a half hour....whatever time we have. How about we seek His face as our greatest need, His tangible presence as our greatest desire?
You know what I'm learning happens? The more time we spend just worshiping and listening to His voice, the closer we get to Him. And the closer we get to Him, the more His glory shines on us. And the more His glory shines on us, all our prayers get answered, our needs get fulfilled, our body gets healed, and we end up with more joy and hope than we ever had.
In His Presence is the Fullness of Joy! You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy, at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11
God knows your needs. He promises to answer all your prayers for your good and His glory! So just hang out with Him and get to Know Him and let His power and love flow over you.
I'm not saying never to bring your requests before the Lord in prayer. It's good that we do. For me, it gives me great peace. All I'm saying is spend more of your time just hanging with Jesus. You'll soon find that in His presence, all your prayers will be answered.
My presence and My manifestation are far more important than the answers you pray for.
I'll leave you with this verse from 2nd Esdras 4: 34 that leapt out at me concerning the soon coming rapture
Don't hurry faster than the Most High, for your haste is for your own self, but He who is above hurries on behalf of many
God has an appointed time when He will come for His Bride. You cannot hurry Him by impatience or complaining. His main concern is saving souls!! And it should be ours too! Always remember that!
No comments:
Post a Comment