Skip to main content

Big Prayers

 4 Things to Practice while You are in Your Waiting Season

 

1.       Speak truth about yourself and God

2.       Love people for who they are and not who you wish they were

3.       Pray BIG prayers

4.       Read, believe, and obey God’s Word

 

The above isn’t Scripture, though you’ll find them consistent with Scripture. I’ve spent most of the afternoon trying to figure out what to write about from Scripture for this blog, and I’m not finding anything that inspires comment. The longer I wait, the worse the struggle becomes and the worse my thinking gets. How can I, as a Christian, not have so much to write about what I find in Scripture that there’s ever any lack? How can I, as a Christian, not find it next to impossible to keep myself from singing His praises. It’s not even that I’m going through hard times. There are no traumas, there just isn’t any inspiration.

Proverbs 31 Ministries posted this little bit of wisdom. As I’ve waited all day for inspiration, and as I’m waiting for the weather to warm up enough so I can prep and plant my garden, and then I’ll be waiting for my plants to grow, I’m typically doing all the wrong things – I turn negative on myself, and therefore negative on God (Why would He bother to help me? Etc.) If I prayed big prayers before, they shrivel and dry up. And the idea of believing and obeying God’s Word – well, I’m trying, but obeying seems to involve standing around, doing nothing – and I’m bored. If I’m going to obey, let me obey in motion! If nothing else, that gives me the illusion of control. (Ouch!)

The garden isn’t the only place of waiting. My writing hasn’t been cooperating over the past couple of weeks, and it feels like I’ve been waiting forever for anyone to discover or enjoy my books. In waiting times, I don’t see the use of praying for much of anything, because praying for it is the best way possible to ensure that I won’t receive it!

So, if I were to pray big prayers right now, what would they be?

Learn to dance with God

Lose 30-50 lbs. this summer

Get the roof and back door fixed or replaced ($$$)

My little garden has a BIG harvest – enough to eat/use, preserve, and give away

            Word Fire published, and at least 1000 copies of each book sold.

            There are others, but they go along the same pattern. Except for the first, none of them are really big. It’s sort of like the spider I found on my T-shirt the other night. It’s huge to me, but as spiders go, it was at best medium sized.

            So let’s go to a couple old prayers – that this summer God would bless my socks off. How selfish. That God would show the world what He can do in and through the life of a middle-aged nobody. How egotistical.

            No, the biggest prayers I think I can think of are…

            Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done… and not my will, but Thine be done, oh Lord.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

"Especially to those who belong to the family of believers."

Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers. (Gal 6:10)   “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.   By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13:34-35)           Joshua grinned when he saw Rex standing by the door, studying something on the ground. "Hey, man! Are we ready to do this thing?"          Rex looked up. "Josh, I can't do it. We're still best buds, but I can't stand your fiancée."           I've met "Rex" many times. I've been Rex. Joshua (Jesus) loves the Church. He's not a fool. He knows the Church is far from perfect, but she is His chosen bride. The Rexes of this world, who think themselves His friend, turn away from her. "You don't need the Church to...
Post a Comment
Read more

Ssssssubmmissssssionnn

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ . (Ephesians 5:21)             "Ssssssubmmisssssssionnn." Can't you just hear the serpent hissing this most horrible of words? If you listen to the serpent or the world, submission means groveling, allowing yourself to be abused, denying yourself your own humanity. Nothing could be worse than submission, could it?             Submission has never been a problem for me, as long as things are going the way I want them to. The rest of the time? Well, let's just say that while I don't know how to fight physically, I don't know how to not fight mentally. One of the fights I've been having with myself for years is about submission.             My first breakthrough took place on a trip to a bookstore. As I walked into the store, my thoughts were very clear. 1) I was goi...
Post a Comment
Read more

Shark Fins, Triple Dog Dares, Heroes, Villains and Sidekicks

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)            There's a scene in Jaws in which someone sees a shark fin and starts a panic. As   all the swimmers scramble to shore, boats surround the fin, which falls over to reveal two kids. With several guns pointed at them, one of the kids points at the other. The message is clear: it was his idea. In Christmas Story, there's a scene in which one kid "triple dog dares" another to do something stupid. Since it's a triple dog dare, well, what choice does the boy have? There doesn't seem to be any end to the trouble that peer pressure can cause. ...
Post a Comment
Read more