I wonder if you ever thought to yourself, is it worth praying? God seems to do what he feels best anyway.
Recently, when this exact thought crossed my mind, I experienced a moment of enlightenment. Most of our prayers are focused on trying to convince God to do something that we think is a good idea. Surely faith is just the opposite. True faith in God allows me to pray as Jesus prayed. “Thy will be done.”
The more I thought about it, the more I realised how arrogant and foolish we are.
Through prayer and references from the Bible we want to twist God’s arm to do what we think is best.
As a young child, sitting on the back seat of our family car, I played, never concerned about our destination or my safety. My dad was in control of the car and I didn’t have a worry in the world.
Imagine how much less stress you would have if you could allow God to do what he knows to be best. If only we could trust our Heavenly Father as much as we trusted our earthly fathers.
Maybe a wise prayer would be, “God, have your will and teach me to trust you in choosing for me.”
If God loves you so much that he sent His son for you, should you not trust Him with the rest?
PS. God’s plans for you are better than your own plans. Amen.
