thoughts of today (a little deeper)
Where's the line between praying specifically and telling GOD what to do?
Where's the line between praying believingly and ignoring GOD's will, or having ridiculously false hopes?
Where's the line between praying believingly and ignoring GOD's will, or having ridiculously false hopes?
posted by melilotnfosco | 9:01 PM
5 Comments:
God knows the desires of our hearts. i don't think there's anything wrong with pouring our hearts out to Him and telling Him what we would really like Him to do (abraham with sodom & gomorrah, Jesus in the garden, hannah, countless psalms...). the key is to keep in mind that while GOD IS ABLE to do all that we ask or imagine, He will do what is best, and we need to trust in that.
i know, but how do you find that balance?
i think that's why i've had so much trouble praying lately (not that i'm good normally, but it's been harder lately, it seems). i'm such a pessimist that it's hard for me to pray believingly, and if i try to pray believingly i feel like i'm telling GOD what to do, and i feel like if i tell GOD what to do, HE'll say forget it to remind me that i'm not God.
i also get bored. after praying the same thing for the same people for so long, it's just like, ok, what more can i say. GOD knows what i want, and HE knows if/when/how HE'll deal with it, so why am i saying the same thing over and over?
I have that problem sometimes too... sometimes I don't think my prayers are very faithful because I've been praying them and haven't seen anything so I start giving up. But just because I haven't seen the results doesn't mean nothing's happening! And why can't we trust God? Why are we scared He'll give us what He knows we need?? So annoying...
you made me think yesterday, so i just posted my thoughts on prayer.
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