Bothered

Got up really early this morning thinking about God and what He wants to do… praying… asking for a fresh hunger in the hearts of His people to seek Him. I thought of a passage in James, “The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with.” Another translation says the prayer of this ‘type’ of person make a lot of power available! Would be easy to get focused on the power side of the equation, but did you notice it talks about the person ‘living right with God’?

Then I thought about prayer and what we ask for… really the Bible says we should pray (talk to God) about everything… many of us do, but is there enough invitation for the divine to come in and interrupt our lives? It’s like this, have you been bothered by God lately? What are the limits we place on Him as we speak and listen… you know it’s easy to ask for, but what about saying, “God what"? Does our talk time with God only cover the list of wants or do we allow Him in to bother us?

Might I suggest you and I need to be bothered by God? When was the last time your spirituality, thoughts or life was challenged because God was asking all of the ‘wrong’ questions? Let me encourage you to live bothered… let Him mess things up a little for you.

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Comments

[Diane]

Sometimes like children, we only ask for what we want and do not ask "what can we do for you." Maybe my prayer or talk with God should start with, "show me what can I do for you."