What is prayer to you? Is it a chance to meet with God? Is it an opportunity to pour your heart out to God and ask for help? Or is it a chance to let God know how much you care?
I hope that prayer for you incorporates all of these things. But do you ever catch yourself falling into a rut – or worse, bad habits when it comes to prayer?
Oswald Chambers asked a significant question in this regard. Here is what he had to say,
Is the Son of God praying in me, or am I dictating to Him? . . . Prayer is not getting things from God . . . prayer is getting into perfect communion with God. If the Son of God is formed in us by regeneration, He will press forward in front of our common sense and change our attitude to the things about which we pray.
How often do we take our laundry bag of needs and desires to God, dump them out and walk away, expecting God to “fix” everything? I believe prayer has less to do with God meeting our needs and more to do with being formed to God’s will.
The closer we are to God – the stronger that relationship – the more likely our hearts will beat in sync with the Father’s. When our hearts are beating in rhythm with God’s, then our needs will be put into perspective and doors will open.
So what is prayer to you?
Clay in the Hands 
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