It is a gift. How many of us have ever looked at it like that? I know for most of my life I haven’t. Prayer was something I did because that is what a “good” Christian does. But really, it is a gift. I mean, really, the God of all creation created a way for you and for me to TALK to Him. How cool is that! And yet, so many times we only pray out of obligation or need. When was the last time that we felt blessed to spend time talking to God in prayer instead of checking it off of our “to-do” list.
God is omnipresent (present everywhere at the same time). He is omniscient (all-knowing). He is The Creator (of everything!). He is THE Alpha and THE Omega. He is MY Alpha and Omega. He is My Begining and My End. If He holds my entire life within His hands then why am I so slow to share EVERYTHING with Him? I will share my needs, or my wants, or my burdens at anytime. But I am slower to “talk” to Him about my everyday feelings and struggles and blessings. For, I am blessed. I have prayer.
My Heavenly Father WANTS to talk to me. He WANTS me close. He, in all His awesome glory and power, cares about me.
I know, Lord, that our lives are not our own. We are not able to plan our own course. Jeremiah 10:23
He directs my path and is involved in my life. He LOVES me. And if I will choose to, He WANTS to talk to me at anytime, about anything, big or small. If it matters to me it matters to Him.
So, I have been challenged, or convicted, or however you want to put it to make prayer a way of life for me. The constant state of my heart, always in communion with God. Always “talking” to Him about my life, my struggles, my fears and my cares.
Casting all your care upon him………
But also about my joys, my blessings, and my passions. I will take hold of this gift and I will talk to my Father in prayer. Because….
……..he careth for me (you). 1 Peter 5:7
He cares for me and has given me the gift of prayer. Now I am choosing to pick up this gift and to embrace it with every fiber of my being. And I am ready to sit back and watch God do even more than I can imagine.
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21
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