As I sat, alone, in the still silence of my living room, I was overwhelmed with a peace and contentment that is beyond my comprehension. How grateful I am that I have a Father in Heaven that is so faithful to the small, often times silent voice with in me. I am grateful too, that I serve a God who knows my every thought and feeling, and even when I do not voice my prayer, He still hears my prayer.

It is beyond my understanding that I can feel so at peace and at ease when there is so much going on inside of me and in the lives around me. I am not exaggerating when I say that everyone around me is having a lot of “life” happening right now. To be very honest, there is a lot of ‘stuff’ happening and affecting the people I am very close to and care very deeply for. I hate much, of what is going on in their lives and more so that I can’t “fix it”. I can’t take away their pain, or mend their broken heart. I can’t take away their struggles and make their way easier and I can’t take away their sicknesses or heal their broken bodies. But, I can do something much more meaningful and more powerful; I can take them to the throne of God with my prayer.

Part of this mornings’ reading in Oswald Chambers “My Utmost for His Highest” devotional was “
As a worker, be careful to
keep pace with the communication of reality from God or you will be crushed. If you know too much, more than God has engineered for you to know, you cannot pray, the condition of the people is so crushing that you cannot get through to reality. Our work lies in coming into definite contact with God about everything, and
we shirk it by becoming active workers.” What this said to me was, “Keep in touch with God so that you will know His truth and not be overcome by the ‘appearance’ of truth and the lies of the enemy. In every circumstance, God knows what I need to know in order to stay grounded in prayer first, and then enter only the works He wills for me.

This confirmed my revelation; that I must take a step back, and allow God to work in the lives around me and I must continue to seek God in my own life and be in prayer for them, asking God to bring forth His true plan for them. I realized I had fallen back into the “I need to do something” mode. Reality is, if I am taking care to seek God in my life, and lifting those I love and care about to Him in prayer, that is the best “something” I can do for them. It is also during these times that I prepare and open myself to Gods' leading on anything I will be able to do to help in the situation. I then must act in faith and trust.

Holy Spirit within me, awaken me, in my friends and family's times of need and teach me how to pray. Let my words of prayer be the words for Jesus to take to the Father. Father, discipline me to listen for your voice, that I may submit to you fully. Then strengthen me, so that I may live in full obedience to your will. May all glory and honors be yours, in Jesus name.