You do not have what you want because you do not ask God for it – James 4:2
Prayer is our conversation with God and when we read the Bible the Word of God, He speaks to us through His Word. When we pray and read His Word daily, we are strengthening our relationship with God and if we are not praying, we are lacking seriously in our spiritual life.
When we are not praying to God, we are telling God that we do not need Him in our life, we can do everything by our own strength, we are self-reliant, independent. Maybe due to life situations from a young age a person may have to be responsible for others which causes them to be self-reliant and independent or we live in a culture which asks us to be self-sufficient. But we need to be aware of what God asks us to do “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest “- Matthew 11:28 also ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty. – Zechariah 4:6.
God clearly states in these promise verses that He will help us when we turn to Him.
If we lack prayer in our lives this is a serious issue because then we are not leading a life according to God’s will. God wants to spend time with us and teach and instruct and show us great and unsearchable things we do not know. But we are so busy in our own lives, work, family, social demands that we try to do everything by ourselves and then suffer burn out, depression, chaos. This is the way of the enemy to make us so busy that we will not have time to spend time with God because there is always going to be something important to do, send that work email, pick up the kids, attend that phone call, cook and feed the family, catch up on the latest episode of that favorite show the list is endless. But let us listen to what God wants us to do “Be still and know that I am God” – Psalm 46:10.
We need to take a step back and breathe, move away from the chaos into silence, remove the electronic devices, quieten the mind, and seek the Lord with our heart.
Testimony
As a young mother I was constantly overwhelmed with responsibilities and workload. Once confiding to my sister about this, I received the most wonderful advice. She told me, I can sympathize with your situation but being geographically far away from you I cannot really help you. ‘But there is Someone to whom if you turn and confide in, will be able to help you and give you the strength and peace which you are lacking’. Such a wonderful advice which I cling to everyday.
I understand that life can be busy and hectic, but instead of trying to do everything by own strength and intellect let us rely on God and ask His help, for He promises us in Psalm 32:8, “I will instruct you and teach you in the way that you should go. And I will guide you with my own two eyes. “. Such a beautiful promise the Lord God Almighty gives us let us trust in God with all our heart and not lean on our own understanding and in all our ways let us acknowledge him and he will make all our paths straight.”
Prayer
Abba Father, we thank you, for you are Lord God Almighty and you have promised us that you will never leave us nor forsake us. We thank you Lord for your presence in our lives, thank you Lord for your mercy, thank you Lord for your blessings. We thank you Lord for you are good and your love endures forever. Help us Lord to remember your promises and to rely on you, to trust in you and to ask you for help. Lord, we come to you because we are weary and burdened, give us rest and take control of all our needs. Strengthen us and help us and uphold us with your righteous right hand.
In Jesus mighty name I ask.
Amen and Amen
Sol. Rumna