Much of our daily life is all about, ‘What’s in it for me?” Really. We do need to focus on our own needs to live, eat, work, and deal with life. Even as Christians we really do have to think about our own needs most of the time.
But what about our Christian life? Are there hidden aspects of our life that focus on us, and our needs? Maybe things we never thought about as being “man centered’ and not “God centered?”
In my life I have had these thoughts lately. What about in my prayer life? Is it all about me? Is it all about human need, and not about more spiritual things?
Before you read any further….stop and think…how do you pray? How do you pray when you are concerned about someone needing salvation?...... Think about it for a moment. How do you pray for that person’s salvation?
Some sample prayers might be…
“Oh God save Edgar, Don’t let him go to hell. Call him to Yourself.”
What about our prayers for strangers…yes you should pray for strangers….lets see, I have prayed… “Oh God let that man over there with the green-dyed hair, tattoos and ten body piercing be saved. He needs Jesus too. He should not spend eternity in hell.”
What about how we pray for our church… “Oh God send more people to our church. Fill the pews. Let many people hear our wonderful pastor give the gospel message so clearly and powerfully so they can be saved.”
These are wonderful prayers. We should prayer for our loved ones, strangers and our church. These are typical prayers. There is nothing wrong with these prayers. But…..its all about the human need. Lately I have been convicted in my own life that maybe I have the wrong focus….
Maybe the focus of our prayer needs to be toward what’s in it for God, not what’s in it for man. It really is all about God, and not about us. (Now what does that mean?). When Jesus gave us the model prayer it started out all about God….Hallowed be thy name, Thy will be done…for Thine is the kingdom the power and the glory….
Perhaps our prayers should be something like…
“Oh God call Edgar to Yourself so that he will be saved and he will worship You. You are worthy of our worship.”
“Oh God call that man with the green hair to Yourself. You are worthy to be worshipped.”
“Oh God bring people into our church to be saved to worship You.”
I must remind myself, Jeanne, it is not about us, it is about God. It is all about God being worthy of our worship. Yes He will save us and take us with Him to eternity. Yes people will escape hell…but its more about how worthy God is than our need. It’s all about God and not about us.
Until we come to the saving knowledge of God, until we are saved, we cannot really worship the ONE who is worthy of worship. He desires our worship. That is why He made us.
So my prayers might be focused … “Oh God, please call my unsaved family to You. You are worthy of worship. They need to worship You. Save them so they can bend their knee and worship You.”
Its not about us, it’s about Him. Its not about what’s in it for us as humans(saving us from an eternity separated from Him,) its about what’s in it for Him – our worship!
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