I’ve been pondering lately some aspects of prayer taken from practical parenting and life situations. As a parent I’m continually challenged with my strong-willed children to respond and not react. It used to be temper tantrums and now as we enter the teen years, motives can get more calculated. Often as a parent I will find myself in what I call a “swirl” and I am reacting to a situation instead of responding. Responding tends to pause, take a breath and listen to the voice of wisdom.
Have you ever thought
of this concept in regards to prayer? Sometimes the enemy of our souls, will throw something cruel at us or
those around us and we react even in prayer. We may begin to pray out of anger,
or anxiety, unbelief or fear. These prayers will seldom produce good
fruit. But what if instead, we respond,
and our response was focusing on the redemptive work of God. We pause, take a breath and listen to the
voice of wisdom, the voice of God and partner with Him.