Day 9 of 10 Days of Prayer

Day 9 of 10 Days of Prayer
By: Pastor D. Karl Thomas

Here is a great quote from a book I am reading by Brian Zahnd “Until you are properly formed in prayer, you’re not ready for a contemplative breakthrough. As long as you are in charge of your own praying, you will never see the world significantly different than you do now. Prayer is not about persuading God to do our bidding, prayer is about coming to see the world through God’s eyes of love. You can get there faster if you say (and mean), “Lord, I’m willing to see this differently. I’m willing and I want to see this through your eyes.” It is the world of God’s eternal love that opens to us as we learn to sit with Jesus.”

Let’s spend some time sitting with Jesus.

Campbell Morgan — Waiting for God is not laziness. Waiting for God is not going to sleep. Waiting for God is not the abandonment of effort. Waiting for God means first activity under command; second, readiness for any new command that may come; third, the ability to do nothing until the command is given.

“True contemplation not a psychological trick but a theological grace.” — Thomas Merton

“Only to sit and think of God Oh what a joy it is to think the thought, to breathe the name earth has no greater bliss” — F. W. Faber

Isaiah 64:4
“Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, Nor has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him.”

Isaiah 40:31
“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”

Lamentations 3:25
“The LORD is good to those who wait for Him,To the soul who seeks Him.”

Hebrew “waiting” (kaw-vaw’) bind together , expect, look eagerly for . . . has affinity with a word that means “to entrench.” God works for him that entrenches himself in Him. The idea of waiting for God here is that of digging ourselves in to God. 

Psalm 27:14
“Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!”

I want to see from your perspective. I don’t want my prayer life to be limited by my bias and experiences.

Quite simply this is what is on my heart, “Jesus, I want to be a part of what you are doing!”

Prayer Directives:

Share with us your favourite scripture for positioning yourself for reflection.

Pray this prayer: “Jesus, I want to be a part of what you are doing.”

Take some time and soak in His Presence … tell us what he is saying to you!