Prayer

As we approach our deadline to be out of our building I am reminded of God's provision for out lives. This week I preached about how God is the one who provides for us. We are in error and in sin when we attempt to provide for ourselves. God has given us all that we need to enjoy life, to have relationship with him and others. We need only to rest in who He is what He has provided.

We had two leads for a new place that seemed to be promising. Both of those leads fell through Monday. I told myself (my wife told me too) about God being the provision for our lives and for North Church. I think that I finally owned that concept when I woke up just after midnight and could not go back to sleep. I tried to give a half hearted prayer about to God about I trust you and then my mind wandered off into something else. I do that easily when I am trying to go to sleep. I then sat up in bed and went into my prayer closet and simply and quickly asked God to grant me the ability to trust Him.

I have said many times to many students who are wondering about God's will for their lives that is not really about the when or where or what of our lives as much as it is about going there with God. I am convinced of the truth of that more than ever. I am convinced that God is shaking us to our knees in prayer. He doing so to me. I have been a failure in pleading for God to provide for us.

If you are reading this, stop right now and pray. Pray that God would convince you of your desperate need for Him. Ask Him to show you the folly of attempting to provide for yourself. Ask Him to shake your mind from the muddy slum that in which you play and draw your attention to holiday at sea that He has planned for you.

My prayer is as follows. "God, I trust you. You are my provider. You offer me more than I can ask or imagine. You offer me more than my hands can hold. I trust you God. I trust you."

Now Go read Psalm 23. Apply it to your life and to North Church. Then thank God for who He is as the provider of life for your life.