Recently, I was praying for God to provide a job for my husband. God began to speak to me. He told me to change my prayer. He wanted to me pray that God would provide for our every need. I was not to pray that my sweet man would get a job so he could provide for his family. NO! God wanted me to see that HE is the One who provides for this family.
Now, in my head, I know this. God wants it to get into my heart. So, I began to lift up my concerns. "Father you know we have several bills to pay this week. I thank You that You are going to meet that need." I just kept going. I told Him about all the needs in our family.
Let me tell you the results of praying this way.
- First, I did not leave my prayer time doubting. I have a tendency to pray believing but doubts seem to creep in quickly.
- Second, I didn't get depressed and wonder why God wants my family to suffer.
- Third, I continue to praise God because I know He will meet our every need.
You may wonder why praying this way would be so different to me. Well, the other day I was at my desk, dreading the ordeal of looking over all the bills. As I went through each bill I was praying, "God, I know You are going to take care of this for me." So, I opened my Excel page and began to plug in the bills in the order in which they needed to be paid (date order). I found that even though the bills were more than usual, the money God had provided for us would take care of it ALL. Not part, ALL.
See, that's something to praise God about! In the past I would say, thank You to our LORD and then give a "but, we still need hubby to have a job--it would be so much easier..." This time I saw the answer to prayer. This time I saw the praise. This time I saw God working.
I hope this is making some sort of sense. It does to me and I guess that's what counts. After all, God spoke to me about it.
Thanks for listening...
Sheryl
5 comments:
How wonderful! I'm praying for you! I know what it's like to rely on God's provision. He is so faithful!
Blessings
Michelle
that is fabulous!! i love it. i have been praying that God would bring me some way of making money from home as things are tight!! this has given me a whole new perspective and i LOVE it.
What a blessing to have God direct your prayers that way. I like to thank Him BEFORE I see the answered prayer. It is FAITH.
Love you and praying for an overflowing cup blessing.
It makes perfect sense. That head-heart thingy trips so many of us up. We say we believe that He is able but then we live like we don't believe He is able.
I think that would be my prayer. Lord, help me live like I say I believe.
Leah
Thank you for sharing this. My family has had very similar struggles this past year and a half. God has always provided, but my prayers have not always been the way should be. The "consdier the lillies" verse has been in my heart this week, and I heard mention of it in Church last night. I actually commented in our class that even though we shouldn't worry about not having jobs, we do worry about being able to provide for our families. I think realizing that GOD is the ultimate provider and praying in that manner has just been a WOW moment in my life as I read this.
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