Praying Backwards
“The actions of the godly always begin with trust and progress through willful choices toward God’s best for them, not settling for what’s merely good.
Take a minute to think about the critical moments in your life. Did you respond or react? What were the consequences of your decisions? Did you make a good choice, or did you veer off into darkness? Remember, using prayer triggers and trusting in God always gets you safely home.
Ineffective praying, with its resultant spiritual restlessness, thrives on reactions and bad choices made in the outer ring of circumstances, not in discerning responses that lead you Godward. Staying in the problem means you disregard God’s invitation to draw near toward the vortex of home.
Every circumstance has associated feelings that try to get you to remain in them, or worse, retreat backward toward the problem for a solution. Had the Prodigal Son chosen to “make the best” of his pigpen, he would have missed the incredible joy awaiting him at home. Leaving that dirty sty didn’t mean he was running away from his problems, but that he was heading home to ultimate solutions. Clearly, he made the best decision.
The old hymn still says it best: “Oh what peace we often forfeit, oh what needless pain we bear; all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer.”
Excerpt From: Jack Corbin Getz. “Praying When Prayer Doesn't Work.” iUniverse, 2010-06-30. iBooks. This material is protected by copyright.
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