Sometimes my prayers are nothing other than pious submissions of my own plans to God. In
actuality, they are often subtle commands with a whole list of demands of exactly how and when
things should happen. Frequently, I am so busy communicating all my own needs to God, telling
Him all the things that He should do for me that I forget to worship Him unconditionally. Far too
many times I try to stay in control of things, filling God’s diary with endless requests and
prescriptive prayers.
What a mistake!
True prayer is in reality, being out of control. It is to trust God with everything. It is to confess
that everything I am and everything I have comes from Him – that He alone is in control of
my life. True prayer is to empty myself of me. My prayers dare not be subtle attempts to regulate
God’s calendar and activities. And so I encourage you to come before Him with childlike faith
submitting to His will in a fresh way today. I desire to kneel before Him today without condition
or prescription, dependent and full of wonder in the work of God in and through my life!