A couple weeks ago I was in the store and decided to buy a baptism card. That might seem totally normal, except I don’t know anyone being baptized soon. In short, buying that card was a way to trust that God was going to answer one of my prayers for 2016: that I would get to see the salvation of souls… that I God would make me a disciple that makes disciples. Buying that card was a way for me to tell my heart to trust God that He will answer my prayers for new people to know the love of Jesus this year.
So often we I pray for something to happen, but then don’t actually expect God to come through. Sadly, at times, I pray for things and then find myself shocked when God actually answers.
Today, I give up half-hearted, unexpectant prayers. When I pray, I’m not checking something off my list… I’m standing in the very presence of the Creator and Sustainer of the Universe! I’m bringing my praise and my petitions before the One being in all Creation who really can make things happen and LOVES to do it. I want to learn to pray with persistence and passion, but most of all, with expectation. While God may not come through in the WAYS or the TIMES I might desire or expect, He WILL come through; I can count on that! It’s in His very nature to be faithful to His children even when we’re not.
“…if we are faithless, He remains faithful—
for He cannot deny Himself.” ~ 2 Timothy 2:13
My God will show up and I don’t want to be left surprised. I want to be able to jump up and down, celebrate, saying,
“I knew You’d come through. I knew You’d show up. I knew I could count on You!”
… because we can!
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