Aug 31, 2018
Be alert and always
keep on praying for all the Lord's people. Eph 6:18
The power for living
comes from our prayers, not from our paycheck.
What does your prayer list look like these days?
We pray for millions of things! Children pray for their family, their pets,
or the latest “ouchie”. Teens pray for sporting
victories, boyfriends/girlfriends, help with grades, and struggles with
parents. Adults pray for a job, more
income, fixes to problems, struggles in the family or marriage, health of aging
parents, or a fresh start. The list
grows throughout life, and God’s answers continue to pile on with the latest
prayers.
When was the last time you prayed for more prayer?
Yes, that’s an odd request.
Who wants more prayer --- usually we ask for answers from God so that we
can “reduce” the amount of prayers we have to make. In fact, when life is going well is when
prayers seem to run dry. But when life
is in turmoil is when prayers skyrocket.
What if we are looking at it all wrong?
What if God gives us the most power for life when we are praying, and
the circumstances are the only things that GET us to pray?
So instead, what if we prayed for more prayer, and took more
time in prayer? Instead of bouncing
around from problem to problem, we would start finding power in our daily
prayers again. Instead of prayer
becoming a pain-killer we use when necessary, it would become a multi-vitamin
that empowers our daily lives.
Paul tells the church to be alert and keep on praying – that’s
because the power is in the prayer itself.
Prayer is not the power to fix the problems, Prayer IS THE POWER in
spite of the problems. Even when the problems
stay, the power of prayer never goes away.
Don’t measure your prayer life by your problems. Measure it by your prayer life’s perseverance.
And instead of constantly looking for
the latest fix and being disappointed, pray for more prayers and be empowered.
This week, start a journal for September, and pray for more
prayer time with God. Ask God to help
you stay alert and keep on praying. Look
for more prayer moments, write down some of your prayer whispers, watch for the
power of your prayer life and ask God to help grow it.
You might just discover more power in your life than you
ever knew before.
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