Sometimes I marvel at how long we can struggle in a situation before we
think to talk to God about it and listen for His voice. We complain
about our problems; we grumble; we murmur; we tell our friends; and we
talk about how we wish God would do something about it. We struggle with
situations in our minds and in our emotions, while we often fail to
take advantage of the simplest solution there is: prayer. But worse than
that, we then make perhaps the most ridiculous statement known to man:
"Well, I guess all I can do is pray." I am sure you have heard that
before and maybe you have even said it. We all have. We are all guilty
of treating prayer as a last-ditch effort and saying things like, "Well,
nothing else is working, so maybe we should pray." Do you know what
that tells me? It tells me that we really do not believe in the power of
prayer as we should. We carry burdens we do not need to bear - and life
is much harder than it has to be - because we do not realize how
powerful prayer is. If we did, we would talk to God and listen to what
He says about everything, not as a last resort, but as a first response.
God's word for you today: Let prayer be your first response, not your last resort.
From the book Hearing from God Each Morning by Joyce Meyer. Copyright
2010 by Joyce Meyer. Published by FaithWords. All rights reserved.
Psalm 63:1
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my
soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty
land, where no water is;