Simple prayer

Last year I established a prayer, that would quickly refocus my heart giving me a heavenly perspective for every situation. It is short and sweet which is ideal for my busy schedule. Thank you Lord! 

Just three simple sentences:

1. Lord, it is all about You not about me.

2. Lord, please don´t let me stay where I am now.

3. Lord, give me Your Wisdom every day.

The first prayer immediately sets my heart right; it´s not my story, it´s His story and I am just so grateful to be able to play a small role in it. He is the great Maker and Creator. All I can do is listen and choose to obey. It´s that simple. The recognition of who He is instantly takes away my pride, self-righteousness, false sense of responsibility, all striving and brings instead peace, joy and anticipation of greater things to come. It realigns my perspective, He is in the heavens and He reigns. He is Creator, I am created. It reminds me that all is complete in Him and in surrender we share His victory. He clearly stated in John 15:5, “apart from Me you can do nothing“.

The second prayer is a deep cry of my soul for growth, improvement and progress in my life. I ache to get closer, to be more like Him every day, to reflect Him so well that the love of His Kingdom invades every life that touches mine, every place I go in the earth. When a person´s life shows no sign of movement, growth or change we call it death. But Jesus came so we may have life, and have it to the full. In John 10:10 Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.“

The third prayer is asking for wisdom. It became obvious to me, that I need His Wisdom so that every decision I make will be good. It is a unique wisdom, not the wisdom of this world, but wisdom that stems from His knowledge, His insight, His opinion. I once told God, that I am going to ask for His Wisdom every day of my life until He cannot bear to hear me one more time. Then He will finally give it to me. I reminded Him of the parable of the persistent widow in Luke 18. The theme, of continuing to ask, runs throughout scripture as we are constantly urged to seek wisdom.

Finally, I encourage you to keep your prayers short and to the point. God hears the cry of our hearts. He sees and knows every thought before we even open our mouths. He is not impressed by many words. His eye is on the sparrow.. how much more us? We are His beloved children!