I call on You, my God, for You will answer me. Turn Your ear to me, and hear my prayer. Psalm 17:6 NIV Bible
It was on my heart the other day, when I was praying for the Lord God to take care of someone that I have concerns for, I realized I was just wanting the Lord to be a Yes Man. I prayed to Jesus, asking Him to do these wonderful things for this person, but not these things that I thought weren't so wonderful. I didn't really focus on the implications of my prayer, and how I was asking to the Lord God to do exactly as I had requested.
My arrogance in thinking that I know what is best for me, and for others, is exactly what stood in the way of my loosing my excess weight all those years. I would pray, "Dear Lord, help me lose the weight. Help me..." When I prayed this way, I was without realizing it, fighting the Lord God for Supremacy in my life, and the lives of others.
It wasn't until I gave up control over my food, stress, eating, and everything else, and told Christ, that if He wanted me to be thin, He'd have to do it, because I couldn't, that the weight started coming off. It didn't happen six days earlier or three weeks later, but it started that same afternoon! The thing is, I'm appalled at how easily I fall back into those old patterns when I'm praying. The Lord God always sees the Big Picture and knows what is best, which isn't always what I'm praying for.
