Who or What is on Your Prayer List?

Matthew 6:32-34, "For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." (NKJV)

The people that know me understand that I am a man who believes in the power of prayer and that I am a person committed to prayer. In my opinion, prayer is an "under-used" tool in the Christian's spiritual tool box.  But I am also recognize that God is calling forth a spiritual army that is reconnecting with the importance and prominence of prayer. 

Prayer will reconnect us God which will then lead us into living a life that is pleasing to God. We have to be careful and not just pray to get "things" from God. Yes, God is a God of generosity, care and concern for His children. But He is also a God of relationship. I believe that God is calling us to draw near to Him and in doing so we will find our needs met through the awesome power that God possesses. 

Jesus reminds us that our Heavenly Father is aware of all that we have need of in our lives. I fully believe that God knows us better than we know ourselves. Let me remind you of the words that Jesus spoke as we review this passage in Matthew. Jesus issues a challenge and call to His children; "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness..." Do those specific words grab your attention? Jesus is revealing to us the plan of God when it comes to prayer. We are to seek His Kingdom first then all the things that we need shall be added to our lives.

I am concerned about some of our modern day praying. Yes, we are make our requests known to God. Yes, we are cast our cares on Him. Yes, we are to bring our heavy burdens to the Lord and yes, He will provide the rest that we need. BUT, we are also told to seek the Kingdom of God. 

Can you imagine the power and presence of God that would be released in the church if every believer accepted this mandate of God and chose to follow His commands regarding our prayer life? I would like to encourage you to spend a significant portion of your prayer time seeking God. Is it possible that we come to our prayer time burdened with so many needs that we are overwhelmed and so we spend very little time talking to God about our relationship with Him? 

We can change this by taking a simple action. Let us come focused and committed to spending time drawing closer to God. Is it possible that type of praying may hold the key to our needs and the needs of others being met? I encourage you to make this adjustment for a period of time and see if there is any difference in your life!!