Be Careful What you Pray For!

6.15.10

Be careful what you pray for!

Be careful what you pray for! Wow, our God is sooo big. Lately, in my prayer life, I’ve been envisioning a great and majestic throne, the size of several skyscrapers. I picture myself walking up to this ginormous throne, laden with silver, gold, platinum, and ornate design. As I approach the throne, which seems to be large no matter how far away from it I am, I hear the echoing chants like a coliseum of fans all chanting the same rhythmic saying. “Holy Holy Holy, Holy Holy Holy…” It is as if no words can fully encapsulate the utter respect, awe, and agape love they have for The ONE who sits on the throne. This ONE, the great I AM, the Yah-Weh, the God Almighty is the one we come before every time we pray. We are approaching the magnificent throne of the Most High, whom all the nations bow before, and every tongue confesses is Greater and more Holy than anything that ever was, is, or will be. This is the God we pray to.

And the best part of all… He calls me “FRIEND!” (John 15:15)

God wants to talk to me, like a friend would. He wants to be my #1 lover, #1 counselor, #1 friend. He wants that first place seating in my heart and my desires. Not forcefully… no way. He wants ME to want Him.

Be careful what you pray for! Too often, I bring my plans to Him for a “quick blessing.” My prayer go something like this: “Dear God, bless me as I go out on the road today. Bless the meetings I’ve booked. Bless my family in my absence today, as I cannot be with them. Bless ____, Bless ____. In Jesus’ name, amen!” Perhaps I fall into this habit, because my flesh thinks of God as some “cosmic vending machine.” “Dear machine, I need an A-3, a B-2, and a C-9, thanks.”

No. Our God is bigger. Our God is greater.



Our God wants our hearts, not our needs.



With this perspective, I surrender plans for ministry. With this perspective, I surrender plans for my family. With this perspective, I surrender plans for business. With this perspective, I surrender all.

“Lord, you know the plans you have for me, perfectly. (Jer 29:11) I trust you, completely, and know that you have YOUR best in mind for me. Take my heart, and shape it, mold it, form it. Take my soul and do Your Will. Protect me from the paths You do not want me to walk down… and Usher me down the paths You do. Not my will, plan, or strategy, but YOURS be done. Prov. 16.9. Show me who you’ve made me to be, God, only so I can bring more Honor and Glory to your perfect throne. (John 17:4) I so desperately desire my ALL (actions, thoughts, words, beliefs, leadership, ethic, EVERYTHING) to shout out to You: ‘Holy Holy Holy, Holy Holy Holy.’ Exhale ‘me’, so that I may inhale Yah-Weh. Your Name, Your Renown, IS the desire of my soul. (Isaiah 26:8) In the majestic name of Jesus, AMEN.”