DAILY DEVOTIONAL
We make different plans and hope for the best sometimes it goes the way we want and sometimes it doesn’t. Always God has a plan for us to do even better than we thought we could. He uses the little things to confound us and shows us that even when we feel all hope is gone there is still a solution.
Persistence in the place of prayer is one of the ways we can use to remind ourselves that God is always with us.
Luke 18: 1
Then he spoke to them a parable that men always ought to pray and not to lose heart
The whole of the chapter in Luke talks about being ready to stay in
the place of prayer till God answers you. The parable of the persistent
widow talks about a widow who wanted justice she kept asking for it till
the judge granted her request.
It also talks about praying the right way, prayers are not to ask for
materials things but to exhort God with an understanding that you just
want to be in the presence of God. God knows what things we are in need
of and He will put us in the situation that will bring us into the place
where we need to be.
Using the examples of Abraham, David and Joseph, they were all in a
different place from where they were meant to shine but God let them go
through different situations to bring them to their place of blessings
and multiplication. But one thing they also had in common is they were
always praying, communicating with God not losing their connection to
God.
2 Samuel 7: 18-29 gives an example of how David gave thanks acknowledging God for all He had done for him.
The King David went in and sat before the lord and he
said: “who am I oh, Lord God? And what is my house, that You have
brought me this far?
And yet this was a small thing in Your sight, O Lord God;
You have also spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come.
Is this the manner of man, O Lord God?
One way we can pray is by giving thanks to God for who He is to us.
Praying is like talking to a father and a friend. You don’t talk to your
father or friend by making demands all the time by asking for this or
that but you talk to them because you are just being happy to be in
their presence.
“Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the
desires of your heart” (Psalm 37:4). “For where your treasure is, there
your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:21)
Talking to God should be done out of love not out of want. Praying to
God should be a constant thing that is done out of love. You can pray
everywhere you go; there is no rule about where one ought to pray, so we
can pray wherever we are, at any time of the day.
Beloved this is a reminder that God is
always with us so we should take full advantage of this and talk to Him
always. Pray always, there is no limit on the number of times you can
call on Him and He wants to take care of all your problems–big and
small. Talk to Him, Commune with Him daily. Let Him into your world like
you never have before because the truth is, He wants to come down and
fight for you and all you have to do is call on Him
Prayer: Lord thank you for the sacrifice which you
made on the cross for me. Thank you for this life which you have given
me. Thank you for being my father, my guide and my saviour.
Further reading: 2 Samuel 7:20-29, Luke 18:1-30
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