In my journey, the Lord has not only answered my prayers but He has answered them in the order that I have prayed them.  I didn’t even realize that until one of my prayer warriors pointed it out to me.  He has been so faithful to me.  The Lord has continuously shown me what to pray but I hit a wall this week.  The Lord revealed something to me and I didn’t know what to do with it.  It kind of rocked my world for a second even though I had prayed for it (Ever heard that saying, “Be careful what you pray for, you just might get it”???).  The more I thought about it, the more confused and lost I felt.  I did not know exactly how to pray about it.  This has bothered me so much this week because the Lord has always shown me what to do next.  He has always guided me in every situation and I was stumped.  I wanted the answer to be so clear to me like so many other things have been.  I wanted to know right away what I needed to do (guess I still need some work in the patience department!)

Yesterday I ran, then walked and prayed.

I was literally bawling in the streets crying out to God to show me the way.  Praying what I thought I was supposed to pray.  I have been so specific in my prayers and the Lord has answered so many of them that I felt I still needed to be specific and I still needed to come to Him with big, bold prayers.  I thought I felt peace about what I prayed last night.  This morning I still felt a little off and unsure of myself.  I’m not used to not knowing how to feel.  I’m not used to feeling this detached.  I’m usually at peace after I pray over things.

I sat at my desk this morning and read my devotion from Jesus Calling.  It said to thank Him for our problems which I do daily because I know they are growing my faith and dependency on Him.  It said to ask Him to show me the way to handle the situation.  It said that together we would deal with the situation, either head-on or putting it aside for later consideration.  That sometimes it’s not even today’s concern.  He will lift the problem out of today and put it in the future, where it will be veiled from my eyes.  And for some reason at that moment, I prayed, “Lord, I ask You to do what needs to be done and I trust You to do it.”  Nothing more and nothing less than that.  My brothers and sisters, that is the prayer He has been waiting for me to pray. I had such peace and felt so much freedom in the surrender.  I don’t know the outcome of it yet since I just prayed it but I trust Him so completely that I do not need to know right now.  The Lord will again show me in His perfect timing!

I do believe we are to come to Him with big, bold prayers and wait expectantly for Him to answer, but sometimes it is the simple prayer of our hearts that relinquishes complete control to Him that is needed most!