Observation: When you honestly and sincerely seek God, he responds. Period. There isn't a period of evaluation, where God decides if you've been worthy of response, or prioritizes your request, or just decides to let you work it out for yourself. If you call on him "in truth" - with a sincere heart of a person who loves and needs a Lord and Savior - he immediately comes close to you.
Application: I typically call on God for the wrong reasons, or at least not often enough. I pray to him when I'm truly scared or struggling or in need, but I don't surrender the day to day issues of my life to him. As a result, I get stressed, worried, and angry FAR more often than I should ... or need to.
I should call on him in all things. Be it challenges in my life, my work, or even just decisions on daily activities. If I do that - and listen for his guidance - I will certainly find myself living within his will for my life.
Prayer: Lord, here are my worries and challenges today. I don't know how to properly coach one of my employees; I would like to lose more weight so that I can be healthier; I'm concerned about my elbow injury and if I'll need surgery; I'm stressed about my son's college process and how to afford it; I hate how angry I get in traffic. All of these are petty in the context of your great love and our mission on earth. Please help me with these - take them, draw close to me, and lead me into your direction and plan for my life. Amen.
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