“Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.”
EZRA 8:21
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umility comes before honor (Prv. 18:12). Our self-deluded collective mindset suggests that prayer is about persuading God to let us have our way. We postpone surrender, and try to seduce our Creator with clever tempter tantrums. Lord let me have it or I just can’t live anymore. Lord send a miracle soon because I am done trying. Lord, Lord, Lord, just do what I say…
What a pathetic way to grow up! Yet for some of us, this is precisely the path to humility, and surrender. We discover that even when our prayers seem to go unanswered, His love is still here, His presence within us. It is then when we start to be honest with God. The Christian walk is not about waving a magic wand called prayer and then having our way. This walk is about starting right now, at the place where we are standing, and realizing that we may not have all the answers, but that’s ok. We now someone who does; and He cares for us…deeply. Our prayers are like sweet incense to God, yet they must sound less like a trumpet, and more like a flute. Let the wind of God’s spirit so inundate you, that all your worries turn into a song in your lips…I surrender all.
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