Bible Reading: (Lamentations 3:41) Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
We might not think that we are a proud people - until we consider how we approach the Lord in prayer. We think we have it all and prove it by not praying for our daily needs. Our poverty is revealed by prayer. We think we know it all and prove it by not seeking the Lord's guidance by prayer for our daily decisions. We think we can do it all and prove it by not praying for strength for our daily duties. We are a proud people - and desperately in need of real prayer to the Lord of Heaven.
The process of praying humbles not only our minds and bodies as we assume a worshipful posture and attitude, but it humbles our souls as we learn to rely upon the Lord for our every need. How much more we have when we have the provision of the Lord. How much more we know when we have the direction of the Lord. How much more we have when we have the power of the Lord!
The blessed one is he who will lift up his heart and hands unto God in the heavens. His heart is emptied of his pride and filled with God's righteousness, and his hands are given to God for God's use. Nothing can be better, and nothing is more blessed than to serve God with heart and hand.
Bro. Greg
Good post on prayer, greg. I have a friend that I will share this with. We've been talking about prayer lately.
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