Listen to my cry for help,
my King and my God,
for to you I pray.
In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice;
in the morning I lay my requests before you
and wait in expectation.
-Psalm 5:2-3
When was the last time you brought your requests before the Lord and waited expectantly? I don’t know about you, but I am far too often guilty of drive by prayers. In my hurry, I toss out my requests before the Lord as if he is little more than a genie in a bottle.
In the Psalm, David cries out to the Lord to hear him. He acknowledges that He is Lord. Each day, he lays out his requests and waits expectantly to hear from God.
My desire in this New Year is to lay out my requests before the Lord each day and wait expectantly. I want to pray acknowledging Him as Lord and knowing that there are things that I want to see happen that only He is capable of accomplishing. I have already begun to pray God-sized prayers for my friends, my family, for the single adult ministry and for Tallowood.
What will your prayers be this year? Will you regularly approach the throne of God and ask Him to do what only He can do? Remember that He is able to do immeasurably more than we can ask or imagine. Will you join me in prayer God sized prayers for yourself, for your loved ones, for the single adult ministry at Tallowood, for Tallowood, for Houston and the World? Will you wait with expectation to see the works of His hand in this New Year? “God still moves.”