Wild Prayersনমুনা

YOUR PRAYER NEEDS TO BE BIGGER THAN YOU

Our prayers are often, a product of our limiting life experiences. In contrast to this, God expects us to pray His size and not our size. When our prayer is bigger than us, God’s answer will exceed even that big, wild, and audacious prayer.

The incident of Jesus feeding the 5000 offers us life lessons on God-sized prayer:

• Every problem is an invitation for a wild God-sized prayer:

Each of our problems can be viewed as seeds for great miracles in our lives if we choose to water them with God-sized prayers. The disciples looked at the hungry masses and panicked because of their lack of resources. But God looks at every weakness and inadequacy as an opportunity to reveal His greatest glory. Today, if you are faced with lack or inadequacy, you are God’s perfect candidate for a miracle.

• God will wait on you to bring the problem to Him

Jesus knew about the situation way before the apostles mentioned it to Him, but He waited for them to bring the matter to His notice. In this incident, the disciples made three mistakes.

- They delayed in bringing the problem to Jesus

- They tried to send the hungry masses away and thereby evade the problem

- They worried about the humongous amount of resources required to meet the need

While they were busy worrying, procrastinating, and brainstorming, Jesus was patiently waiting for them to bring the problem to Him.

• Let not your worldly wisdom limit God:

Philip said to Jesus, “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!” This was Philip operating from his own experience and knowledge. Many times, when we operate in our own worldly wisdom, we focus on the impossibility of the situation and forget about God’s glorious power that was manifest in the past. God loves it when we do not lean on our own understanding and trust him like a child.

• Give thanks in advance:

Jesus lifted the little food in His hands and offered thanks to the Father. This act of gratitude unleashed the riches of God’s glory. Our gratitude has the power to open doors to miracles.

Praying God size does not make sense, it makes miracles. God specializes in things that are humanly impossible. If you ever use the word "impossible," listen for a laugh from heaven!

Reflection time:

1. What are the problems that you have delayed from bringing to God’s notice?

2. What are those situations that you are trying to evade?

3. Write down a God-sized prayer that can change the most impossible situation in your life.

Have a little chat about all that you have written down with God.