Prayer…He’s Waiting

There are days when you’re down in the dumps, hanging on with your fingernails ready to split from the effort of holding on. You just want to let go. You just want to give up. You want to say you did everything you could.

But have you?

One of the most significant shortcomings we Christians fall prey to is lack of prayer. We remember God when things are crashing around us, but do we remember Him when things are going according to our plans? What about when we’ve had a major victory? Where is our thanksgiving prayer then?

It’s an easy slide from depending on God in a time of need to forgetting to pray in our daily activity.

As a writer, the need is so very great for us to stay hooked up to God. Our mission to write comes from above. God has a specific message he intends us to share, and a target audience He wants to influence through us, even if it’s only one person. How can we do that if we aren’t talking to Him and listening for His sweet voice?

Busyness is one of my best excuses for not praying enough. I hit the ground running as soon as I’m out of bed. I whiz a quick noncommittal prayer upwards as I careen through my morning regime, and then I’m off to my life. I forget that it’s not my life. It’s His. And, I need Him all the time. Not at my convenience: at His.

Sometimes I sit down to write and before I know it two hours have passed. I didn’t invite God into the room to show me what I was to work on for the day. So how can I trust my work is what He wants me to do? I may have wasted all the time I was trying to save.

If you’re rushing around today, and so many writers are on their way to the ACFW conference as we speak, stop and take time to come before the Savior. Talk to Him. Pray before you get too busy to remember. He’s waiting…

0 thoughts on “Prayer…He’s Waiting

  1. I have felt convicted about this myself. I know that He has called to write His stories, but I often forget to ask Him how he wants the story told. I need to commit myself and my words to him daily.

  2. He's already used your words to help me. I was very moved by your perspective in the book you wrote.

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