Friday, July 5, 2013
One Thing Needed For Every Prayer
Looking into my back yard this morning a saw a small bird that landed on one of my planters. That bird sat there and did not fly away for thirty minutes or more. He was content to sit there in the sun and look around the yard, until he finally saw the bug he wanted crawling in the rock garden. He swooped down quickly to get it an flew off. Definitely, he was a patient fellow.
It made me stop and think about my own life and how I sometimes let it get very cluttered. When that happens I can become easily stressed or dissatisfied with my life. I am so caught up in things that I think are important that I forget to ask God what He wants from me at that moment or what He thinks is important.
In short, I have to be involved in God’s stuff to see God’s stuff. If we seek Him, even in our distress as it says in Psalm 118:5, He hears us and because His mercy endures forever, He will deliver us. He may let us deal with our mistakes that we might learn from them, but in the end, He will deliver us. At the beginning of Psalm 118, in verses 2, 3, and 4, it repeats that the various people that want deliverance have to open their mouth and speak. “His mercy endures forever” is proclaimed by Israel, by the Aaron’s family, and finally by all who fear the Lord. It is very interesting that when they want deliverance, they start by speaking of His mercy. Perhaps that is because we do not deserve the deliverance, but His mercy brings it to us anyway when we turn to Him and ask.
If we want to experience God, we have to be with God. We have to be “in the game” to win. Like the little bird, we have to be in the yard to see it, and we have to be patient. The one thing every prayer needs is someone to pray it, someone “in the game.”
Prayer
Father, we love You. Your mercy endures forever. You never leave us or turn Your back. Please forgive us for getting too busy to spend time with You until we need something. Let us be a part of bringing Your kingdom to the earth. Help us today, Lord, help us today. In Jesus name. Amen.