Get caught praying

Prayer is essential. 

Have you ever thought that your prayer life reflects your spiritual life?  Prayer comes easy when things are going our way and measurably harder as life happens and times get tough.  However, The prayers said in the easy times are also more flippant, almost thoughtless.  Having no struggles to put weight on us and "no need" to cry out to God, we go though the motions of blessing the food.  I have noticed that, for me and people that I know, when you are not spiritually present with God, in His word and having fervent prayer time, the devil is not as threatened by you.  And thereby everything seems to be good.  

When people that have a passion for Christ, that are on fire with His spirit, pray, mountains move.  They jump, they crumble!  Not saying that their prayers are answered in the mere moments that the words pass their lips, but in the waiting and holding onto the faith that it takes to become a mountain mover.  Our timing is not Gods timing and He will fulfill prayers when He sees fit.  To this type of faithful person, there is no "bless the food", it is a "thank you, Lord, for our daily bread and the provision that You have blessed us with."  A deep connection to God yields more powerful prayer.  

God can move mountains.  He can move them as soon as you ask, or, He can move the mountains that you will want gone long before you see them on the horizon.  But more often than not, the waiting is part of the process.  You may not yet be ready for the answer to a prayer.  God may see that when that mountain is moved there is a river that will flow down and drown you and you have yet to learn how to swim.  No one likes to wait.  It is something that goes against our grain.  5 years in the waiting to adopt, 2 years of working 2 part time jobs, scraping by.  Maybe it is looking for an affordable house, a loved one coming home, the end of a sickness.  

Whatever it is that you are praying for, digging deeper into the Word and seeking the face of God will enable you to produce stronger prayers.  

Remember Daniel in the Old Testament.  When the satraps and leaders wanted to catch him doing something wrong, they tricked the king into making a law that no one could pray to anyone but him for 30 days.  What happened?  He got caught praying.  I don't know what he was praying for, the bible does not say.  But I can guess that it was not, "bless this food".  And we all know the rest of the story.  

Prayer is essential.  No more little prayers!